Baltimore County ss At a Court of Admiralty held at the Court House in Baltimore Town the 31st day of December 1776 for the State of Maryland
Present the Honble Benja Nicholson Esqr judge
Question
did you make Prize of the Ship Lydia Commanded by Thomas Dean on the high Seas
Ansr —
he did
did you take the Register of the Ship Lydia now in Court aboard her at the time you made Prize of her and was it then produced to you as the Register of said Ship
it was —
was there any other papers taken on board the Ship Lydia at the time you made Prize of her
No — that the Captain Dean informed him he had thrown all the Other papers overboard
Ja Handy
By Interogatories the Affirmation of Thomas Dean Captain of the Ship Lydia in Court.
is the Register of the Ship Lydia now in Court the proper Register of said Ship
is the Present Register of the Ship Lydia
Questn
has the property of the Ship Lydia been changed since the taking of said Register & before the Capture
She has not
is there no Other papers belonging to the Ship Lydia
Ansr
he had but threw them overboard
in whom was the Property of the Cargo on board the Ship Lydia at the time of the Capture
the Property of Sundry Subjects of the King of Great Britain and Inhabitants thereof but their names he Cannot recollect.
Thos Dean
Court Adjourns till tomorrow Morning 8 OClock Court met According to Adjournment
Present as on Yesterday Condemnation entered
day of Sale Ordered to be on Thursday the 9th of Janry 1777
1. Interrogations are in Admiralty Court Papers, 1776-1781, Box 1, Folder 4, Md. Arch., and remainder of entry in Minutes of the Court of Admiralty, 1776-1778, Md. Arch.
2. The register was entered at Liverpool, November 25, 1775, and showed that the Lydia, 150 tons, was built in Philadelphia in 1771. Admiralty Court Papers, 1776-1781, Box 1, Folder 3, Md. Arch.
