Jamaica ss/

James McGlashen of the Parish of Kingston in the said Island Gentn being duly Sworn maketh Oath & saith, that on the second day of March last, he this Deponent sail'd from the Harbor of Kingston in a Sloop or Vessel call'd the Sampson, whereof one Joseph Miller, was then Master & Commander, and that the said Sloop was laden with Dry Goods to the Amount of about three hundred Pounds Current MoneY. of Jamaica, and this Deponent further saith, that the said Sloop was bound on a Voyage to the Island of Santa Cruiz, and that on or about the twenty seventh day of the said Month of March last, they met with Distress of weather, whereby they lost their Mate one Jno Goodman the Sea then running so very high, that it washed the said Jno Goodman overboard, and at the same time the said Sloop lost her Boom; and by the Violence of the Storm, suffer'd such other Injuries as to render her unfit to proceed further, without first putting into some Port or Place to refit; and this Deponent further saith that the said Sloop being unfit to keep the Sea, for the Reasons aforesaid, and being in want of Water, the Master of the said Sloop on or about the Twenty Ninth day of March last, put into a place calld Alta Velta, which is situate, the South side of Hispaniola, in the Spanish Dominions, in order to refit, and take in Water, And this Deponent further saith, that as they were Employ'd in refitting the said Sloop or Vessel call'd the Sampson and puting in Fresh Water, a Guarda Costa belonging to the Island of St Domingo, & Command'd by an Officer, who was called Don Pedro Verra, came alongside and board'd them, and after puting this Deponent & the Crew in Irons, the said Don Pedro Verra, order'd the Goods and other Effects which then were onboard the said Sloop Sampson to be taken out of her, and put onboard the said Guarda Costa; and this Deponent further saith, that he this Deponent & the Remainder of the Crew of the said Sloop Sampson, remain'd confin'd in Irons for the space of Eleven days, onboard the said Guarda Costa in the said Place call'd Alta Vella, and that when the said Guarda Costa was ready for Sailing from the said Place, the said Don Pedro Verra, Commander of the said Guarda Costa order'd him this Deponent with the rest of the Crew to be put onshore at the said Place call'd Alta Vella (which said Place is about Thirty or Thirty five Leagues distance from any House) without any Sort of Provisions or Sustenance whatsoever; but that they kep'd and detain'd the said Master of the said Sloop call'd the Sampson, onboard the said Guarda Costa, and this Deponent further saith, that he this Deponent, together with the rest of the Crew, travel'd for about Four days, and four Nights before they reach'd any inhabit'd Place, and that they were oblig'd to support themselves, mostly upon raw Shell Fish, and drink Sea Water, and that at last arriv'd at a place in the said Island of Hispaniola, inhabit'd by the French, where he this Deponent obtain'd a Passage in a French Sloop call'd the Betu, to this Island, and this Deponent further saith that the said Joseph Miller, was kept onboard the said Guarda Costa confin'd in Irons, in order as this Deponent was inform'd & beleives to be carried Prisoner to St Domingo ー

Sworn this 19th day of June 1776
before me Sign'd, Tho^s Hibbert A Copy