Name of Vessel:

Henry

Master of Vessel:

James Moody

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[10] March 1778

Place of Capture:

Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Captor:

British Privateer Brig Loyal Subject

Home Port:

From What Port:

Hispaniola [Saint-Domingue, French West Indies]

To What Port:

Cargo:

Dry goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

16 March 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The sloop Henry (James Moody) was bound from Hispaniola (perhaps Saint-Domingue, French West Indies) with a cargo of dry goods. Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, she fell in with the British Privateer Brig Loyal Subject (Andrew Syme), which had sailed from New York, New York on 6 March 1778. She was captured by the Loyal Subject, along with other prizes, and was escorted to New York, arriving on 16 March.

[NDAR, XI, 688-689 and 689-690 note 10]