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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01411.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Legal documents relating to captured American privateers |
| Title | Oath on papers captured and thrown overboard from the ship Bourbon |
| Date | 2 January 1778 |
| Author | Sviney, Noel (fl. 1776) |
| Additional authors | Catherwood, Robert (fl. 1764-1783) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal oath sworn before the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida and signed by Sviney as the purser of the British ship "Perseus." Sviney attested that the packet of papers from the captured ship "Bourbon" were all the written materials that came from the vessel. Claims he does not know of any other papers, but that he has been informed that a number of papers were thrown overboard when the "Bourbon" was about to be captured. Probably written in St. Augustine. |
| Subjects | Privateering Navy Maritime Revolutionary War Law Global History and Civics |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |