240 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



satisfied that he was an English Cruiser I 

 showed him my license, and he then was 

 quite easy, but privateer man like, he stole 

 a sheep, a ham and as many fowls as he 

 could carry with him. 1 The Lieutenant 

 was named Freeman who stole them. He 

 was a brother of the Captain. We pro- 

 ceeded on and arrived at St. Jago in twenty- 

 three days. I then sold my cargo and 

 loaded a vessel under Spanish colors, 2 

 commanded by Captain Burke of Charls- 

 ton, where he safely arrived. I laded the 

 Isabel for London on freight and sailed in 

 August, 1813, and had a blustering pas- 

 sage. Knowing that the English examined 



1 Capt. Lainson fared better than the ship " Ariadne *' 

 of New Bedford. This vessel was boarded April 12, 1812, 

 by the " Sir John Sherbrooke," part of her cargo taken, 

 her papers and British license burned and nine of her 

 crew impressed. 



2 "The British government has issued an order that 

 condemned American vessels can be bought by Spaniards 

 and put under the Spanish flag. You may expect to see 

 many of your vessels suddenly change their colors." 

 Letter from Cadiz, Niles Register, vol. 4, p. 107. 



