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John Hall maketh Oath before me that on or about the begginning of Sept^r. 1777. that he the said John Hall was taken Prisoner in the Nanny Snow Capt^n: Smith—Commander in Latt^d: 40..00. by the Roler of 32 Guns & the Alford of 20 Guns,¹ two American Privatiers and was Carried into Port Lewis, in France the 10^th: of Oct^r: 1777—and was brought over to England, with 70 other Prisoners in a French Brig & landed at Chrischurch the 20^th: October 1777, that he the said John Hall further says, that when he left Port Lewis that the two abovementioned Privatiers had taken out their Guns and was going to Heave Down at that Port, and he further adds that the Commanders of the Privatiers had given out their, that they had taken the other West Indiamen, which Ships were in Port Lewis & had sold their Cargoes at that Port, & likewise had taken a Brig bound to Newfoundland & a Schooner;—The Roler Privatier was the Ship that engaged His Majesty's Ship the Druid, in the Ingagement the Privatier lost one Boy & a Lieu^t: wounded—Their Station for cruizing is in Lattd: 40..00—near the Western Islands.

Sworn before me at Southampton the 22^nd: day of October 1777.

R Vernon Sadlurs