Piece
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Item
High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Aurora (master Robert Goodwill). History:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/274/3
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Aurora (master Robert Goodwill). History:... dating from 1781 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/274/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Aurora (master Robert Goodwill).
History: a Dutch merchant ship belonging to the Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie with a Scottish-born master (300 tons, 36 men), bound from Middlelburg to West Africa (on the triangle trade), laden with trade goods and having 104 slaves on board; taken on 11 or 12 February 1781 off Great Basa [Grand Bassa, Liberia] by the privateer Alert (William Llewellyn commanding), and brought first into Cape Coast Castle where the slaves were sold, then into Baltimore in Ireland, and then into Bristol.
Court papers: 1-28; Ship's papers: 29-62. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- HCA 32/274/3/1-62
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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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