[Providence]
Interogatories answered by Thomas Stacy Prize Master of the Ship Jane. Aug. 7th 1776
Intero.
When was the Ship taken and by whom?
Answr
the said Ship was taken the 22nd Day of July 1776 by the private Sloop of War called the Diamond Wm. Chace commander
Interog.
From whence was the said Ship bound and, to what port?ー
from the Island of Dominica to the Port of Bristol in Great Britain
Was the said Ship equipped with any Cannon?
She had on board 4 Cannon 4 pounders & some powder and Shott.ー
What are the Contents of the said Ships Cargo, and what Tonage is She?ー
She is of the Burthen of about 220 Tuns and her Cargo consists of about 310 hhd of Sugar, about 200 Barrels of Oyle &c ー2
[Endorsed] No 2 Interogatories answd by Thos Stacy Prize [Master] Aug. 7th: 1776 Wm. Room late master of the Jane
1. Admiralty Papers, vol. 9, R.I. Arch.
2. Ibid., the ship's papers list the cargo as follows:
No 5 General Clearance for 109 Casks of Muscovado Sugar at Dominica ー July 1: 1776ー
No 6. Certificate for 109 Casks of Sugar at Dominica ー July 1: 1776ー
No. 7. Certificate for 109 Casks Sugar at Dominica ー July 1: 1776ー
No. 9 Certificate for 109 Casks Sugar at Dominica ー July 1: 1776.
No. 10. Certificate for 298 Casks Sugar and for 89 Barrels Whale Oyle at Rupert's Bay July 2: 1776ー
No. 11. Certificate for 189 Casks of Muscovado Sugar at Prince Ruperts Bay July 2: 1776
No. 12. Certificate for 89 Barrels of Whale Oyle at Ruperts Bay July 2: 1776.
The prize papers include the register of the Ship Jane at Bristol, a square sterned vessel of 120 tons, on April 27, 1775, and a copy of Captain William Chace's Continental commission of July 6, 1776 supplied to the prize master.
