Name of Vessel:

Bolton

Master of Vessel:

William Stevens

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

5 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Daphne

Home Port:

From What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tobacco, flour, bread, tar, turpentine

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

13 April 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Bolton (William Stevens) was captured by HM Frigate Daphne (Captain St. John Chinnery) on 5 April 1777. She was bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with a cargo of tobacco, flour, bread, tar, and turpentine. HM Frigate Thames (Captain Tyringham Howe) was in company when the capture was made. Bolton was dispatched for New York, New York, where she arrived on 13 April. She was tried and condemned there, being listed as an American merchant vessel.

[NDAR, VIII, 340 and note, 1053-1063; HCA 32/283/7/1-18]