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British Prizes June 1779 |
Name of Vessel:
Addition
Master of Vessel:
Commander James Spencer
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
[June] 1779
Place of Capture:
Captor:
[unknown] British vessel
Home Port:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
From What Port:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
To What Port:
St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies
Cargo:
Tonnage:
Battery:
10x
Crew:
30 [nominal]
Owners:
Joseph Carson & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
[New York, New York]
Into What Port:
[New York, New York]
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Pennsylvania Privateer Schooner Addition (Commander James Spencer) was at sea in the latter part of 1779 when she was captured by an unknown British vessel, while en route from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies. Addition was presumably taken into New York. She was tried and condemned in 1779.
[HCA 32/261/8/1-7]