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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Providence Success
Master of Vessel:
John Fletcher
Rig of Vessel:
Brigantine
Date of Capture:
[October] 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Privateer Schooner True American
Home Port:
From What Port:
Gothenburg, Sweden
To What Port:
St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies
Cargo:
Tonnage:
100
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
[Salem], Massachusetts
Into What Port:
[Salem], Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
17 December 1776
Date Sold:
31 December 1776
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Schooner True American (Commander Daniel Hathorne) captured the 120-ton brigantine Sally (John Bishop), which was libeled on 7 November 1776, and tried on 22 November 1776. The 180-ton brigantine Amy (Benjamin Burton), and the 100-ton brigantine Providence Success (John Fletcher) were also captured. Providence Success was bound from Gothenburg, Sweden to St. Eustatius, in the Netherlands West Indies, and then on to Honduras. Amy, with her cargo of fish, arrived at Marblehead on 8 November. Both were libeled on 28 November 1776, and tried on 17 December. The three masters, Bishop, Burton, and Fletcher, were on a list of British prisoners at Salem on 23 December 1776. Providence Succeess, described as five years old, was advertised for sale on 23 December, with the sale to be held on 31 December.
[The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, November 7, 1776; NDAR, VII, 104-105 and 105 note, where the note identifies the vessel as the Anna, which may mean the Amy. NDAR, VII, 139-141 and 141 note, contains the same paragraph, but the note identifies the prize as the Providence Success], 560-561, 567-568; The Independent Chronice and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, November 28, 1776; New-Lloyd’s List [London], February 25, 1777]
| Posted 14 October 2011 |
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