Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

John Campbell

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[November] 1780

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine Ariel

Home Port:

From What Port:

New York, New York

To What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

50

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Into What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date Arrived:

[1] December 1780

Date Tried:

6 December 1780

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Pennsylvania Privateer Brigantine Ariel (Commander Matthew Lawler) sailed in November 1780. She captured a sloop, the 50-ton Polly (John Campbell), with a cargo of salt, bound from New York, New York to Charleston. Polly was sent into Philadelphia, where she arrived about 1 December 1780. Polly was libeled on 5 December 1780, with her trial set for 6 December. She had been condemned and sold by 16 January 1781.

[The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser [Philadelphia], Saturday, December 2, 1780; Tuesday, December 5, 1780; Tuesday, January 16, 1781]

Posted 2 June 2008