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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Julius Caesar
Master of Vessel:
Azariah Uzuld
Rig of Vessel:
Ship
Date of Capture:
[October] 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Navy Sloop Republic
Home Port:
From What Port:
London, England
To What Port:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cargo:
Woolens, linens, provisions
Tonnage:
400
Battery:
10x, swivels
Crew:
26 [total]
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Boston, Massachusetts
Into What Port:
Boston, Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
3 November 1776
Date Tried:
17 December 1776
Date Sold:
19 November 1776
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The Massachusetts Navy Sloop Republic (Captain John Foster Williams) was at sea in October 1776. In that month she captured the 400-ton ship Julius Caesar (Azariah Uzuld), bound from London, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her cargo of woolens, linens, pork, beef, vinegar, flour and numerous other items and was estimated to be worth £11000. Julius Caesar had a crew of twenty-five or twenty-six men and mounted ten guns, and some swivel guns. She was escorted into Boston, Massachusetts on 3 November 1776 by the Republic. Julius Caesar was libeled in the Maritime Court of the Middle District on 28 November and tried on 17 December 1776.
On 5 November the Massachusetts Council ordered Williams to discharge such prisoners as were willing to enter aboard any armed vessel of the United States. Any prisoners not willing to do so were to remain on the Republic. On 12 November, Richard Derby, was directed to supply the Massachusetts House of Representatives with a box of stationery from the Julius Caesar, charging the state full price for it.
Meanwhile the government of Massachusetts bought out the crew’s share of the prize money, after negotiations, for £10000, on 19 November.
Uzuld was paroled to go to Halifax on 18 February 1777. He was to obtain the release of a prisoner there, in exchange for himself.
[NDAR, VII, 46 and note, 70-72, 112, 207-208, 346-347 and 347 note, 1228; The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, November 28, 1776]
| Posted 5 September 2011 |
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