Name of Vessel:

Sally

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

25 January 1778

Place of Capture:

Captor:

British Privateer Ship Andrew

Home Port:

From What Port:

Providence, Rhode Island

To What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Cowes, England

Date Arrived:

3 March 1778

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Sally was bound from Providence, Rhode Island to Charleston, South Carolina. On 25 January 1778 she was captured by the British Privateer Ship Andrew (John Geyer), operating out of New York. Sally soon parted from the Andrew in a gale and bore away for England, arriving at Cowes, England about 3 March 1778.

[NDAR, XI, 1058 and note]