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On Wednesday [June 26] went into English harbour, a very large northward sloop, loaded shiefly with superfine flour, taken by his Majesty's ship Portland. ー And on Thursday arrived in the harbour of St. John's a topsail schooner, loaded with flour, taken by his Majesty's ship Roebuck.
Date: 29 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
This morning arrived in this harbour, the sloop Elizabeth, Robert Burchall commander, from Tortola, bound for Newfoundland, which vessel with those undermentioned were taken by a Pirate schooner fitted out in Maryland, called the Enterprize, of 12 guns and [30] men, commanded by a James Campbell, the sloop was returned in order to convey those who were not wanted to assist in the navigation of...
Date: 24 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Sometime in the beginning of the last Month the Owner of an Armed Sloop laid a State of a Case before me for my opinion, and as the duty of my profession, and the Solemn Oaths I have taken in Conformity to the Acts of this Island, oblige me to give my Clients my Opinion according to the best of my knowledge and learning in the Laws of Great Britain, and the Laws of this Island, I therefore...
Date: 7 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
Yesterday the following vessels were condemned at a Court of Vice-Admiralty, held at the courthouse in the town of St. John, viz. ー Ship Two Brothers, loaded with flour, bre.td, spermeceti candles, staves, beeswax &c.&c. taken by his Majesty's ship Experiment, Robert Keeler, Esq; ー Brigantine Greyhound, with flour, pork, herrings, staves, heading, bricks, bar-iron, a negro woman, &c....
Date: 3 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
The following account is given us by a gentleman of veracity, that came passenger on board the Catherine, and is just arrived here from Martinique.
On Friday, May 30th, the brigt. Catherine, Roger Scallion, master, from Dublin, bound to Antigua, being about 40 leagues to windward of it, was taken by the American privateer sloop the Fly, Thomas Palmer Commander, carrying 14 guns, four pounders; 20...
Date: 11 June 1777
Volume: Volume 9