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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Alston of Charleston (master...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/266/13
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Alston of Charleston (master... dating from 1777 Apr 8 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777 Apr 8
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Alston of Charleston (master William Thomson, owner Morris Simmons).
Capture history: an American merchant ship (sloop, 25 tons, 6 men) bound from Charleston, South Carolina to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, laden with rice, rum, salt, tea and coffee for William Seix, merchant in Philadelphia; taken on 8 April 1777 off Cape Hatteras by HMS Galatea (Thomas Jordan commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: within the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:
- [CP 1]: libel in Thomas Jordan v The sloop Alston and her cargo, 25 September 1777;
- [CP 2]: deposition of John Dunn, common mariner, 25 September 1777;
- [CP 3]: deposition of William Thompson, 26 September 1777;
- [CP 4]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master Lieutenant William Augustus Merrick, 10 October 1777.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-3 (South Carolina papers):
- SP 1: Custom House cocket, 22 January 1777;
- SP 2: cargo certificate [clearance] (4 chests of East India Company tea), 8 April 1777;
- SP 3: ship's register, 8 April 1777.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-4; Ship's papers: 5-7 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/266/13/1-7
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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