the said Alexander McMullen
then Master of the said Ship _Apollo_. And this Deponent further says
that he does no[t] Know to whom the Goods, Wares and Merchandizes
taken from on Board the said Ship _Apollo_ did belong, but says that
he Knew and was well acquainted with James Bowne the Commander of the
said British Snow at the Time of her being Taken as aforesaid.

JOHN BROWN.

[Footnote 7: This was that Richard Oswald (1705-1784), Franklin's
friend, who signed for Great Britain the preliminary articles of peace
with the United States, Nov. 30, 1782.]

_175. Deposition of Diego de Prada y Nieto. August 2, 1745._[1]

[Footnote 1: From the same volume as the preceding, pp. 264-266.]

Diego De Prada y Nieto of Sevilla in the Kingdom of Spain being Sworn

3d. To the third Interrogatory Saith That he Knows the Ship called the
_Apollo_ now riding at Anchor in this Port of Philadelphia; That he
first saw the said Ship _Apollo_ on the High Seas on the Twenty
seventh or Twenty eight day of June last, New stile,[2] about the
distance of Twelve or thirteen leagues from the Capes of Virginia;
That the Persons then on Board the said Ship were Subjects of the King
of Great Britain; That the said Ship _Apollo_ at or about the place
and Time aforesaid was Attacked and Taken Prize [by] a Spanish
Privateer Snow called the _Neustra Senora De los Dellores y Animas_[3]
Commanded by Don Carlos Francisco de Bissava and Navigated by Eighty
Mariners all Subjects of the King of Spain; That immediately upon the
said Ship _Apollo_ being taken as aforesaid this Deponant with fifteen
or Sixteen Spanish Mariners belonging to the Said Spanish Snow were
sent by the said Capt. Don Carlos Francisco de Bissava on Board the
said Ship _Apollo_ whereof they took possession; That the Command of
the said Ship _Apollo_ was given to this Deponent with orders to carry
her to Laguira on the Coast of Caraccas in new Spain;[4] That on or
about the thirty first day of June last N.S.[5] the said Capt. De
Bissava caused to be put on Board the said Ship _Apollo_ sundry Goods,
Wares and Merchandizes being the Cargo of a Certain Snow taken by a
Spainish Privateer about five days before, two legues from the Coast
of Virginia, but the Names of the Owners or Commander of the said Snow
this Deponent Knows not but has heard and believes tha[t] she belonged
to the Subjects of the King of Great Britain; That the said Depont.
with the said fifteen or Sixteen other Spanish