Sealed and Delivered

WM. READ.
JOHN COOK. JONTH. NICHOLS.
SILAS COOKE. WILLIAM CORY.
ROBERT HASZARD, JUNR.

_161. Inventory and Appraisement of the Prize Willem. June 8,
1745._[1]

[Footnote 1: Massachusetts Historical Society. The _Willem_ Galley, a
Dutch vessel trading between Amsterdam and Curacao, was seized by a
Havana privateer on charges of smuggling, was then retaken by the
_Revenge_ and _Success_, cruising together in consequence of the above
agreement, doc. no. 160, carried into Rhode Island, and condemned as a
prize by the vice-admiralty court there. An appeal was taken. The
briefs presented in the case when it came before the Lords
Commissioners of Appeal seven years later, Nov. 30, 1752, are in the
collection of such briefs mentioned in note 1 to doc. no. 157 as
belonging to the New York Public Library, and are described by Mr.
Paul L. Ford in Mass. Hist. Soc., _Proceedings_, XXV. 99. The question
was, had the _Willem_ become a Spanish ship. The Lords Commissioners
restored it to the appellants, Pieter Couwenhoven and other Dutch
subjects. The respondents were Capt. James Allen and others; one of
their two advocates was Dr. George Hay, afterward Sir George Hay,
judge of the High Court of Admiralty.]

Inventory and Appraisement of the Prize Ship brought into this port by
Capts. Allen and Marshall with her Cargo.

The Ship with her Appurtenances etc. L5000. 0. 0
12 Carriage Guns with their Tackle and Shott
and other Appertinences 1200. 0. 0
669 Seroons[2] Cocoa Wt. Nt. 606 C. 1 Qr. 14 lb. at L15 9095.12. 6
173 Bags Ditto Wt. Nt. 330 C. 8 lb. at L15 4951. 1. 5
165 Casks Ditto Wt. Nt. 246 C. 1 Qr. 16 lb. at L15 3695.17.10
122 Bbbls. Coffee Nt. 162. 3.18
32 Bags and 1 Chest Do. 49. 1.21
51 Large Casks Do. 323. 3.21
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536. 1. 4, Nt. 60064, at 3s. 9009.12. 0
60 Hogsh'ds Sugar Wt. Nt. 444. 2. 23 at L8 3557.12.10
90 Ditto Wt. Nt. 662. 3. 11 at L7 4639.18. 9
56 Ditto Wt. Nt. 373. 1. 20 at L6 2240.11. 5
39 Ditto Wt. Nt. 236. 3. 20 at L5 1184.10. 8-3/4
17 casks of Allspice Wt. Nt. 4497 lb. at 2s. 6 562. 2. 6
4524 Hides Wt. Nt. 103877 lb. at 16d. 6925. 2. 6
33 Tons of Wood