Emerald

Posted by Brian on Saturday 19th of July 2014 21:07

Admiralty Office 1777, (London Gazette)
Prizes taken by the Emerald.
June 24 - Delaware sloop, Thomas Coleman master, Joseph Stores owner, from Curacoa to Virginia, taken in Chesapeake Bay, burnt with salt.
June 30, brig unknown, supposed to be bound into the Capes, taken off the Capes of Virginia, burnt, with sails, cordage, rum, bale goods.
July 10. Friendship sloop, James Mudie master, Ring & Co. owners, from Virginia to Havannah, taken off the Capes of Virginia, sent to New York with flour.
Betty sloop, John Philipson master, M. Francois owner, from Virginia to Cape Francois, taken off the capes of Virginia, scuttled, with tobacco and flour.
Resolution sloop, D. McAwee master, M. Earison owner, from Baltimore to Curacoa, taken off the Capes of Virginia, sent to New York with tobacco, flour, staves.
July 20. Alexander sloop, Peter Ridge master, from Virginia to Martinique, taken in Chesapeake Bay, sent to New York, with tobacco and flour.
July 24. Success, snow, P.A. Maguero, master, from Guadeloupe to Virginia, taken southward of Cape Henry, sent to New York, with salt, cloth and sundries.
August 13. Thomas sloop, James Harper master, ____Wallace owner, from Virginia to St. Eustatia, taken southward of Cape Henry, with tobacco, flour and staves.