Name of Vessel:

Assumption

Master of Vessel:

Andrew Laffont

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

[28 August] 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

British Privateer Ship True Briton

Home Port:

From What Port:

Martinique, French West Indies

To What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

Date Arrived:

7 September 1777

Date Tried:

[Released]

Date Sold:

Action:

Yes

Recaptured:

Yes

Comments: French brig Assumption (Andrew Laffont) was bound from Martinique, French West Indies to Charleston, South Carolina. About the end of August 1777 or the beginning of September 1777 she encountered British Privateer Ship True Briton (Thomas Venture) and, presumably, was detained by the British. When True Briton fought Continental Navy Ship Randolph (Captain Nicholas Biddle) on 4 September 1777, Assumption was also captured. Although taken in to Charleston on 7 September she was released.

[NDAR, IX, 919-920, 920-921, 971; XI, 1173-1174 and 1174 note]