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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Badger (American prize master...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/276/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779 Oct 10
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Badger (American prize master Hezekiah Freeman).
Capture history: a British transport ship for troops taken in September 1779 by the American privateer Defiance of Norwich, Connecticut (Thomas King commanding) and sent in for New London; retaken on 10 October 1779 in latitude 40°26'N, longitude 72°13'W by HMS Solebay (Thomas Symonds commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: from England to British America.
Court papers numbered CP 1-5:-
- [CP 1]: note made about the day and place of recapture, 15 October 1779;
- [CP 2]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master William Hobbs, master's mate of HMS Solebay, 27 October 1779;
- [CP 3]: libel in Symonds v The ship Badger, 27 October 1779;
- [CP 4]: monition, 27 October 1779;
- [CP 5]: account of sale of the ship, for £240 18s 6d after costs, 20 November 1779.
[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 16 November 1779.]
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1:-
- SP 1: manuscript copy of the letter of marque of the Defiance.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-3; Ship's papers: 4-5 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024]. CP 5 added from HCA 49/91.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/281/3/1-2
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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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