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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01411.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Legal documents relating to captured American privateers |
| Title | Oath sworn in the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida |
| Date | 3 March 1779 |
| Author | Johnson, William (fl. 1779) |
| Additional authors | Catherwood, Robert (fl. 1764-1783) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by Judge Robert Catherwood. Legal document signed by William Johnson, swearing an oath before the court that the ship "The Chance Now" brought in on 2 March by the privateer "Tory's Revenge" is rightfully owned by the merchants Peter and John Berthon of London. The Americans had called the captured ship the "Maria." Probably written in St. Augustine. |
| Subjects | Loyalist Global History and Civics Military History Revolutionary War Navy Maritime Privateering Law Finance Oath |
| 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 |