Interogations answered by Thomas Turnbull late Mate on board the, Prize Ship Belle
Interog:
When where and by whom was the Said Ship and her Cargo taken, who was the Master of the said Ship when taken, what is her Tonage, from whence and to what Port was She bound what are the Contents of her Cargo, and who are the Owners of said Ship and her Cargo?
Answr
The said Ship and her Cargo upon the Fourth Day of October AD: 1776 being upon the High Seas in Lat 36.. Long 57 was Captured and taken by Job Pearce Commander and his Officers and men belonging to the private Sloop of War called the Greenwich, Thomas Jones was then Master She is of the Burthen of 300 Tons, She was bound from Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia to Jamaice, her Cargo consists of 15015 Feet of Boards, 52600 Feet of Timber, 47050 Shingles, 2900 Hoops, 71056 Staves, 22191 Feet Sparrs, 280 Quintals of Fish Moses Franks of London is owner of the said Ship and her Cargo.
Thomas Turnbull2
Sworn to in Providence October 22: 1776 ー Before me John Foster Judge in Prize Causes
1. Admiralty Papers, vol. 9, R.I. Arch.
2. Turnbull and six others of the crew of the Belle, in an undated petition to the Judge of the Admiralty asked for their wages up to the time of capture as "Your Petitioners is informed that by an Order of the Honble Continental Congress they are intitled to their wages due whilst on board of sd Ship," ibid.
