Name of Vessel:

Betsey

Master of Vessel:

John Palmer

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

[June] 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

[unknown]

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

[New York, New York]

Into What Port:

[New York, New York]

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Betsey (John Palmer) was captured in 1777. She was sent into New York, New York, where she was tried and condemned. She is described as an American merchant vessel.

[HCA 32/280/14/1-27; HCA 32/492/28/1-289 (skipper’s papers)]