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American Prizes November 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Sally
Master of Vessel:
Rig of Vessel:
Sloop
Date of Capture:
[November] 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Thomas Stinson
Home Port:
From What Port:
To What Port:
Cargo:
Tonnage:
70
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Pownalborough, Massachusetts [Maine]
Into What Port:
Pownalborough, Massachusetts [Maine]
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
16 January 1777
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The 70-ton sloop Sally was libeled in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Eastern District on 19 December 1776 by one Thomas Stinson. She had been captured for taking supplies to the “enemies of the American States.” Trial was set for 16 January 1777.
[The Continental Journal, December 19, 1776]
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