Name of Vessel:

Garland

Master of Vessel:

Levi Preston

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[November] 1776

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Polly

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

270, 280

Battery:

Crew:

9-11 [partial]

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

[Marblehead, Massachusetts]

Into What Port:

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

15 December 1776

Date Tried:

28 January 1777

Date Sold:

8 March 1777

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Polly (Commander Isaac Collyer) was at sea in October and November 1776. She captured the 270 or 280-ton British Transport Ship Garland (Levi Preston). Two of her crew were reported as prisoners at Salem on 11 December 1776. However, her master indicated she was brought into Marblehead on 15 December 1776. Garland was libeled on 9 January 1777, with trial set for 28 January. Garland was condemned and was purchased for the Massachusetts Board of War on 8 March 1777, for the sum of £1519.0.4, which was paid to James Mugford for delivery to Jonathan Glover. She entered Massachusetts service as the Gruel. Preston applied to the Massachusetts General Court for leave to depart for England on 23 January 1777, on behalf of himself, his mate, and seven more of his crew. The capture of the Garland was reported in London on 28 February 1777.

[NDAR, VII, 560-561, 906-907, 1023-1024; VIII, 55-56 and 56 note; New-Lloyd’s List, Friday, February 28, 1777]

Posted 10 August 2011

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