Chartered ship, 716 tons. Principal Managing Owners: Fraser, Living & Co. Voyages: (1) 1826/7 China. Capt John Pearson. Downs 16 Apr 1827 - 7 Aug Whampoa 10 Oct - 28 Dec St Helena - 20 Feb 1828 Blackwall
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000081.0x000281
Ship-rigged vessel originally named Black Prince; built at Philadelphia, 1774, possibly by John Wharton; master: John Barry; purchased by Naval Committee, renamed Alfred, and commissioned, 1775; commanders: Dudley Saltonstall, John Paul Jones, Elisha Hinman; captured by British, 1778; purchased and taken into British Navy as H.M. armed ship Alfred; sold, 1782.
From the description of Papers of the ship Alfred, 1775. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71129584
