1776 July 15

ADAM, Sloop.

Commander: George Creighton.

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M. A., 165, 427: "The petition of John Winthrop and Stephen Bruce humbly sheweth that they are owners of the Sloop Adam, George Creighton Commander, now ready to sail for the Island of Hispanolia [sic.] and being desirous of procuring a quantity of Cannon and military Stores, they intend purchasing 'em at said Island, and for the better securing the same and defending the said Sloop, will have her well arm'd on her homeward passage and take on board an additional number of men with orders to proceed with all speed for some port on this Continent. Wherefore, as it's probable the said Vessel may meet with some belonging to our enemies and will be in a condition to make prizes of them, Your petitioners humbly pray that your Honors will commissionate the said Commander, to qualify him therefor and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray.

"In Council July 16, 1776. Read and committed to Moses Gill and Francis Dana, Esqrs. to report thereon. Jno. Avery, Dpty Sec'y." (No report of this committee has been preserved.)

1780 ADDITION, Brigantine (privateer). Commander: Joseph Pratt, of Salem. M. A., XL, 82.

June 17

1779 ADVENTURE, Brigantine. Guns, 6; Men, 15. Commander: John O'Brien.

Jan. 5

Bond: Continental, $10,000; State, £4000.

Bonders: John Obrian, mariner, principal; Daniel Tappan
and Enoch Moulton, of Cape Ann, sureties.
Owner: Caleb Tapping [Tappan?], of Newburyport.
Witnesses: John Toppan [Tappan?], Jo[seph?] Tappan.
Note. The commander signed his name Obrien.
M. A., v, 27, 28, 169, 405.

1779 ADVENTURE, Brigantine. Guns, 8; Men, 30. Commander: Joseph Tripp.

Jan. 15

Bond: Continental, $5000; State, £4000.

Bonders: Joseph Tripp, principal; Nathaniel Greene and
Mungo Mackay, of Boston, sureties.

Owners: Nathaniel Greene and others.

Witnesses: T. Amory, jr., Mungo Mackay, jr.
M. A., v, 31, 32, 169, 4131.

1779 ADVENTURE, Schooner. Guns, 6; Men, 35.
Commander: Robert Newman.

Sept. 8

Bond: Continental, $5000; State, £4000.

Bonders: Robert Newman, mariner, principal; Larkin
Thorndike and Sewall Tuck, of Beverly, sureties.
Owners: Larkin Thorndike and others.

Witnesses: Francis Rust [?], W. Harris.

M. A., v, 29, 30, 159, 317, 170, 379.

1780 ADVENTURE, Schooner. Guns, 6; Men, 25. Commander: William James.

May 11

Bond: Continental, $5000; State, £4000.

Bonders: William James, mariner, of Beverly, principal;
John Dyson and Benj[amin] Goldthwait, sureties.
Owners: John Dyson and others, of Beverly.

Witnesses: Jesse Goodnow, Willia]m Goodnow.
M. A., v, 5, 8, 171, 159.

1780 ADVENTURE, Brigantine. Guns, 14; Men, 70.
Commander: James Morris, of Boston.
C. C. 196, 1, 37; M. A., 171, 273.

Sept. 19

1780 ADVENTURE, Ship. Guns, 6; Men, 45.
Nov. 22
Commander: Hector McNeill.

Owner: Hector McNeill, of Boston.
C. C. 196, 1, 36; M. A., 171, 307.

1781 ADVENTURE, Ship. Guns, 8; Men, 20.

Nov. 30

Commander: Edward Bacon, jr., of Barnstable.
Owners: Stephen Higginson and others, of Boston.

C. C. 196, 1, 32; M. A., 172, 75; London Chronicle,
June 1, 1782.

[1781] ADVENTURE, Brig. Guns, 4; Men, 10.
Commander: J. Gardner, of Salem.
Paine, 454.

1782 ADVENTURE, Brig. Guns, 4; Men, 10. Aug. 20

Commander: Jonathan Tucker, of Salem.

C. C. 196, 1, 41; Salem Gazette, Oct. 10, 1782: “Last
Monday a Cartel with 62 prisoners belonging to this

ADVENTURE

ALEXANDER

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place, Boston, and Gloucester, arrived here in fifteen days from Bermuda. Among the vessels lately captured by the enemy and carried to that island are the letter-of-marque ship Thomas, Capt. Palfray, the brig Adventure, Capt. Tucker, and the schooner Chance, Capt. Newell, from this port."

1782 ADVENTURE, Brig. Guns, 12; Men, 20.

Oct. 15

Commander: Joseph Chase, of Nantucket.
Owners: Ebenezer Lane and others, of Boston.
C. C. 196, 1, 31; M. A., 172, 205.

1782 ADVENTUROUS FISHERMAN, Schooner. Guns, 2; Men, 10. Aug. 29 Commander: Nicholas Bartlett, of Marblehead.

Owners: Fortesque Vernon and others, of Boston.
C. C. 196, 1, 30.

1780 ALEXANDER, Brigantine. Guns, 6, and 8 swivels; Men, 20. Commander: Alexander Coffin.

Mar. 29

Bond: Continental, $10,000; State, £4000.

Bonders: Alex[ander] Coffin, mariner, principal; John
Johnston and William Foster, of Boston, sureties.
Owner: William Foster, merchant.

Witnesses: James Yancey, Samuel Pitts.

M. A., v, 42, 45, 171, 107.

1781 ALEXANDER, Ship. Guns, 20; Men, 150.

Jan. 5

Commander: Thomas Simpson, of Portsmouth, N. H.
Owners: Henry Mitchell and others, of Boston.
C. C. 196, 1, 46.

1781 ALEXANDER, Brigantine. Guns, 6; Men, 14.

Oct. 9

Jan. 5

Commander: Gideon Crawford, jr., of Providence, R. I.
Owners: William Foster and others, of Boston.
C. C. 196, 1, 45; M. A., 172, 193.

1782 ALEXANDER, Ship. Guns, 14; Men, 60.
Commander: Thomas Simpson.
Owner: Henry Mitchell, of Boston.
C. C. 196, 1, 47.

1783 ALEXANDER, Ship. Guns, 17; Men, 50.

Jan. 4

Commander: John Foster Williams, of Boston.
C. C. 196, 1, 48; M. A., 172, 275.

1780 AMAZON, Brigantine. Guns, 8; Men, 50. Commander: Noah Stoddard.

Mar. 27

Bond: Continental, $10,000; State, £4000.

Bonders: Noah Stoddard, mariner of Boston, principal; Thomas Tillotson and Perez Morton, of Boston, sureties.

Owners: Thomas Tillotson and Perez Morton.

Witnesses: Dimond Morton, John Chaloner.
M. A., v, 43, 363, 139, 266, 171, 106.

1776 AMERICA, Sloop. Guns, 10, and 12 swivels; Men, 70.
Commander: Thomas Nicolson.

Sept. 6

Bond: Continental, $5000.

Bonders: Thomas Nicolson and James Warren, of Ply-
mouth; John Avery, jr., of Boston.

Owners: Watson & Spooner, of Plymouth.
Witnesses: Oakes Angier, Tho[ma]s Jones.
M. A., v, 18, 165, 211.

1776 AMERICA, Schooner. Guns, 10; Men, 80.
Commander: Isaac Snow.

Sept. 13

Bond: Continental, $5000.

Bonders: Isaac Snow, gentleman, of Harpswell, James
Leach, shipwright, of Cape Elizabeth, and Ebenezer
Prout, merchant, of Scarborough.

Owners: Isaac Snow and others.

Witnesses: Jona[than] Brown, Jeremiah Colburn.
M. A., v, 21, 165, 229.

1777 AMERICA, Schooner. Guns, 16; Men, 80.

Apr. 17

Commander: Daniel McNeill.

Bond: Continental, $5000.

Bonders: Daniel McNeill, principal; Thomas Harris and
Samuel Thompson, sureties.

Owners: Thomas Harris & Co., of Boston.

Witnesses: Eben[eze]r Frothingham, John Wait.

M. A., v, 41, 139, 130, 154, 159, 134, 137, 166, 351, 181, 217 (Petition of Thomas Harris, Sept. 9, 1776, for powder for the schooner America).

1777 AMERICA, Sloop. Guns, 12; Men, 67. Commander: William Coit.

Sept. 20

Bond: Continental, $5000; State, £500.

Bonders: William Coit, of Connecticut, principal; Richard
Gridley and Gabriel Johonnot, of Boston, sureties.