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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01411.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Legal documents relating to captured American privateers |
| Title | Oath sworn before the Vice Admiralty Court of East Florida |
| Date | 10 August 1778 |
| Author | Somervill, Francis (fl. 1778) |
| Additional authors | Catherwood, Robert (fl. 1764-1783) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by Somervill swearing that the accounts are just and true and that the 137 pounds, 13 shillings, 7 pence, and 3 farthings were lost by being taken on the schooner "William." Probably written in St. Augustine. |
| Subjects | Maritime Privateering Global History and Civics Finance Oath Navy Law Revolutionary War |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |