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American Prizes October 1780 |
Name of Vessel:
John
Master of Vessel:
Walter Tazard
Rig of Vessel:
Brig
Date of Capture:
[October] 1780
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Privateer Brig Amsterdam
Home Port:
From What Port:
England
To What Port:
Newfoundland
Cargo:
Provisions, dry goods
Tonnage:
100
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prizemaster:
Prizecrew:
Ordered Into:
Boston, Massachusetts
Into What Port:
Boston, Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
[18] November 1780
Date Tried:
2 January 1781
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The 100-ton brig John (William Tazard) was captured by Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Amsterdam (Commander James Magee) about October 1780. Magee was en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Göteborg, Sweden. John was bound to Newfoundland with a cargo of provisions and dry goods and was said to be a valuable prize. She was sent into Boston and had arrived before 21 November 1780. John was libeled in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Middle District on 7 December 1780, with her trial set for 2 January 1781
[The Newport Mercury, Thursday, November 23, 1780, datelined Boston, November 16; The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, December 7, 1780; The Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer [New London], Tuesday, November 28, 1780, datelined Boston, November 23]