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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Apollo of Boston (master Alexander...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/272/3
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Apollo of Boston (master Alexander... dating from 1783 Feb 4 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 32/272/3
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Date (When the record was created)
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1783 Feb 4
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Description (What the record is about)
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Apollo of Boston (master Alexander Mackay).
Capture history: an American merchant ship with a letter of marque (200 tons, 27 men) bound from Cap François, Saint Domingue to Norfolk, Virginia, laden with salt, sugar, rum, coffee and molasses; taken on 4 February 1783 off the Bahamas by HMS Amphitrite (Rupert George commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: from the Caribbean Islands to the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master George Carey master's mate, 15 February 1783;
- [CP 2]: libel in George v The ship Apollo andher cargo, 15 February 1783;
- [CP 3]: deposition of Jethro Rathbun, common hand, 19 February 1783;
- [CP 4]: wrapper for ship's papers, with cargo list, addressed to Robert Bayard.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-9 (Massachusetts papers):-
- SP 1-SP 5: official ship's papers;
- SP 6: privateer's commission, 13 December 1782;
- SP 7: printed instructions from Congress;
- SP 8: crew list and agreement, 28 November 1782;
- SP 9: letter to Captain James Chambers of the brig Ross, by Captain White, at St Thomas, [Danish West indies] from William Johnson of Richmond, Virginia; lack of tea in Richmond and Philadelphia; requests best souchong, best hyson for himself, and suggests investing in a box or two himself, 29 April 1782.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-3; Ship's papers: 4-13 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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HCA 32/272/3/1-13
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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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