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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Adventure Schooner (master...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/262/14
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777 Mar 14
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Adventure Schooner (master William Young).
Capture history: an American merchant ship (schooner, 100 tons, 7 men) bound from St Croix, Danish West Indies, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, laden with salt, rum and tea; taken on 14 March 1777 off the Capes of Delaware by HMS Daphne (St John Chinnery commanding) and HMS Preston (Samuel Uppleby commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: from the Caribbean Islands to the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-
- [CP 1]: schedule of 10 papers found on the prize [these numbers have not been used];
- [CP 2]: libel in Chinnery v The schooner Adventure and her cargo, 6 October 1777;
- [CP 3]: deposition of William Young, an Irish subject of King George III, 17 January 1778.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-8 (Philadelphia papers):-
- SP 1: crew list and agreement;
- SP 2-SP 4: official ship's papers;
- SP 5: master's memorandum of goods he was commissioned to bring from the West Indies.
Mail in Transit numbered MT 1- 3:-
- MT 1, MT 1A and MT 1B: letter from Joseph Fisher, St Croix, to William Pollard, Philadelphia, enclosing invoice and bill of lading, 14 January 1777;
- MT 2, MT 2A and MT 2B: letter from Joseph Fisher, St Croix, to his father Samuel Fisher, Philadelphia, enclosing invoice and bill of lading, 14 January 1777;
- MT 3 and MT 3A: letter from Joseph Fisher, St Croix, to his uncle Benjamin Fuller, Philadelphia, enclosing a bill of lading, 14 January 1777.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-3; Ship's papers: 4-17 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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- HCA 32/262/14/1-17
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- English
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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