John Nixon of maketh Oath that the Ship called the Black Prince of Philadelphia whereof John Barry is at present Master being a square sterned Vessel of the Burthen of two hundred Tons or thereabouts was built in Philadelphia this present Year One thousand seven hundred & seventy four and that Thomas Willing Robt Morris Thos Morris & John Wharton of Philadelphia Merchants together with this Deponent are at present Owners thereof
Dated at the Custom House Philadelphia, the nineteenth day of December 1774ー
John Nixon
1. HSP. Purchased by Congress in November 1775, the Black Prince was renamed Alfred and became the first ship in the Continental Navy.
