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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Active (master Thomas Mesnard)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/261/4
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Active (master Thomas Mesnard).... dating from 1781 May 24 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/261/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781 May 24
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Active (master Thomas Mesnard).
Capture history: an American merchant ship fitted as a privateer (brigantine, 80 tons, 14 guns, 50 men and 6 passengers) bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to St Eustatius, laden with tobacco, indigo, and pig iron; taken on 24 May 1781 in latitude 36°N, longitude 75°W by HMS Iris (James Hawker commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: from the United States to the Caribbean Islands.
Court Papers, numbered CP 1- 4:-
- [CP 1]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of James Hawker v The letter of marque brigantine Active and her cargo, 31 May 1780;
- [CP 2]: affidavit of papers, Lieutenant John Jack of HMS Iris, 31 May 1780;
- [CP 3]: monition, 31 May 1780;
- [CP 4]: deposition of Thomas Mesnard, 1 June 1780.
[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 20 June 1780]
Ships Papers, numbered SP 1-3 [Pennsylvania and Congress papers]:-
- SP 1: commission of Congress as a privateer;
- SP 2-SP 3: official ship's papers.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as done (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/261/4/1-7
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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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