Lusanna Prize Case Records 1777 - 1778

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Lusanna Prize Case Records 1777 - 1778

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The , a seventy-ton brigantine, was owned by Elisha Doane of Massachusetts, and sailed with his son-in-law Shearjashub Bourne as supercargo. She sailed from Massachusetts in 1775 at the onset of the American Revolution. On the return voyage from London in 1777 she was captured by the privateer out of Portsmouth, NH. In the prize case that followed in the New Hampshire maritime court, Bourne and Doane unsuccessfully tried to defend their ship. Their appeal eventually made its way to the Continental Congress. The Prize Case Records is a written transcript of the proceedings in Admiralty Court of the armed brigantine vs. the brigantine in the State of New Hampshire. The transcript contains the entire proceedings of the case including the libel, statements of the crew and passengers, invoices for items shipped aboard the , bills of lading, copies of letters pertaining to the voyage and cargo, copy of the prize case against the (another vessel owned by Doane captured by the British in 1775), testimony in support of the owners of the as loyal to the United States, the decision of the court, and the appeal. Lusanna McClary Lusanna McClary Lusanna Lusanna Industry Lusanna

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