The Fanny, Wood, from Spain and Falmouth for Quebec, that was taken by the True Blue Privateer, is retaken by the Mermaid M. W. and carried into Halifax.1
1. “'James Spence mate of the Brigantine Fanny being duly sworne deposeth, that the said Brigantine was Bound on a Voyage from Falmouth in England to Quebec, loaded with Wines, that on or about the 8th of July last they fell in with a Rebel Privateer Schooner of 10 Carriage Guns, call'd the True Blue, that the Rebels Boarded & took Possession of said Brig being in the Latitude 45° N. Long. 33. That the Rebels took out the master John Wood, & all the hands except the Depont & a Boy, & also took out all the Papers except the Register & Bill of Sale of the Vessel, which are in the Attorney Genls. Hands, that they put on Board said Brig 7 men and a Prize Master & stood to the Westward for Marblehead, that on the 29th of August last being near the Seal Islands in this Province they fell in with his Majestys Ship of War the Mermaid, James Hawker Esqr Commander who retook the said Brig Fanny & sent her Safe into this Port of Halifax, that when the Mermaid took possession of the Brigt the Rebels made their escape in the Boat & the Boy with them.'” American Vessels Captured by the British during the Revolution and War of 1812: Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court at Halifax, Nova Scotia (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911), p. 29.
