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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Property
Master of Vessel:
William Freeman
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
10 October 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Montgomery and Rhode Island Privateer Schooner Eagle
Home Port:
From What Port:
Môle Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Domingue, French West Indies
To What Port:
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Cargo:
Molasses, sugar, cotton, wool, coffee
Tonnage:
90
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Providence, Rhode Island
Into What Port:
Providence, Rhode Island
Date Arrived:
16 October 1776
Date Tried:
18 November 1776
Date Sold:
19 November 1776
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Montgomery (Commander Thomas Ruttenber) and Rhode Island Privateer Sloop Eagle (Commander Isaac Field)sailed on 9 October 1776. On 10 October 1776 the two privateers fell in with and captured the 90-ton schooner Property (William Freeman), bound from Môle Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Domingue to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, with a cargo of molasses, sugar, coffee, wool, flour and cotton. Property was sent off to Providence. En route she was stopped on 14 October, at 40°N, 68°16'W by Massachusetts Navy Sloop Republic (Captain John Foster Williams). After learning she had been captured Williams released the Property. She got into Providence, where she was libeled on 31 October and tried and condemned on 18 November 1776. On 16 November Property was advertised for sale, with the sale to be held on 19 November. Property was described as “well-built” and a “good Sailer.” Her cargo was to be sold at the same time.
[NDAR, VI, 1317, 1330-1331 and 1331 note; VII, 31-32 and 32 note, 115-116, 185, 642-647; Faibisy, A Compilation of Nova Scotia Vessels . . ., in NDAR, X, 1201-1210]
| Posted 14 October 2011 |
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