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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Sally
Master of Vessel:
Jesse Noble
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
3 October 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Continental Army Schooner Lee
Home Port:
From What Port:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
To What Port:
New York, New York
Cargo:
Fish, lumber
Tonnage:
90
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Boston, Massachusetts
Into What Port:
Boston, Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
5 October 1776
Date Tried:
19 November 1776
Date Sold:
29 November 1776
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Although cleared from Halifax, she was apparently from the New England people living on the west coast of Nova Scotia. She was libeled on 24 October 1776.
[NDAR, VI, 1145-1146 and 1146 note, 1195-1196 and 1196 note; VII, 809-810; Clark, George Washington’s Navy, 233, 234]
| Posted 19 October 2011 |
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