Sviney, Noel (fl. 1776) [Oath on papers captured and thrown overboard from the ship Bourbon]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01411.04 Author/Creator: Sviney, Noel (fl. 1776) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 2 January 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.7 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy
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.
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