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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Sally
Master of Vessel:
Benjamin Vaulpy [Vaulpey, Vaspy]
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
[October 1776]
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Putnam
Home Port:
From What Port:
Nova Scotia
To What Port:
Cargo:
Fish
Tonnage:
30
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
[Falmouth], Massachusetts [Maine]
Into What Port:
[Falmouth], Massachusetts [Maine]
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
14 November 1776
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The 30-ton schooner Sally (Benjamin Vaulpy [Vaulpey, Vaspy] was out bound from Nova Scotia, on a fishing voyage, with a cargo of fish aboard. She was captured, possibly in October 1776, by Massachusetts Privateer Sloop Putnam (Commander John Harmon)She was sent into Falmouth, Massachusetts [Maine]. Sally was libeled on 21 October 1776, and was tried in the Maritime Court of the Eastern District on 14 November.
[NDAR, VI, 34 and note, 809-810; Faibisy, A Compilation of Nova Scotia Vessels . . ., in NDAR, X, 1201-1210; The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, Monday, October 21, 1776]
| Posted 19 October 2011 |
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