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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: America (commander Anthony...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/266/24
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: America (commander Anthony... dating from 1779 Oct 11 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/266/24
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779 Oct 11
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: America (commander Anthony Shoemaker).
Capture history: an American privateer (140 tons, 14-16 guns, 40-52 men, formerly the Scottish ship Nancy (master John Hunnter) taken by an American privateer, Gilbert commanding earlier in 1779), now bound from Boston to Fredericksburg, Virginia, in ballast and on a cruise for two weeks, and then to pick up freight for Nantes; taken on 11 October 1779 off Cape Henry by HMS Perseus (George Keith Elphinstone commanding), and HMS Delight (John Inglis commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: a cruise from the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-7:-
- [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master John Buchanan, midshipman, 27 October 1779;
- [CP 2]: libel in Elphinstone v The privateer America, 27 October 1779;
- [CP 3]: monition, 27 October 1779;
- [CP 4]: claim and answer by Thomas Buchanan for himself, George Buchanan and John Buchanan as owners of the Nancy, 3 November 1779;
- [CP 5]: deposition of Anthony Shoemaker, 3 November 1779;
- [CP 6]: replication.
- [CP 7]: envelope from HMS Perseus containing the letter of marque [which is not here].
[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 16 November 1779]
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-3 (Massachusetts papers):-
- SP 1-SP 2: official ship's papers;
- SP 3: owners' instructions to Shoemaker, 8 September 1779.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-6; Ship's papers: 7-12 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/266/24/1-12
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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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