Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Samuel Barter

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

17 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Milford

Home Port:

From What Port:

Salem, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Booth Bay, Massachusetts [Maine]

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Samuel Barter

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Milford (Captain William Burnaby) was cruising off the Massachusetts coast on 17 June 1777. She captured the sloop Polly (Samuel Barter, also Polly’s owner), bound from Salem, Massachusetts to Booth Bay, Massachusetts [Maine] in ballast.

[ “The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777]