Name of Vessel:

High Green

Master of Vessel:

David M’Leod

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[November] 1780

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Amsterdam

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Newfoundland

Cargo:

Provisions

Tonnage:

100

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Boston, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

2 January 1781

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 100-ton brig High Green (David M’Leod), with a cargo of provisions, was captured by Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Amsterdam (Commander James Magee) about November 1780. Magee was en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Göteborg, Sweden. She was sent into Boston. High Green was libeled in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Middle District on 7 December 1780, with her trial set for 2 January 1781.

[The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, December 7, 1780]

Posted 20 March 2010