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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: La Basquaise of St Jean de...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/277/6
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: La Basquaise of St Jean de... dating from 1778 May 1 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/277/6
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778 May 1
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: La Basquaise of St Jean de Luz (master Joachim Reallon).
Capture history: a French merchant ship (brigantine, 60 or 70 tons, 8 men), bound from Boston, Massachussetts to Virginia and Marland, in ballast; taken on 1 May 1778 about 15 leagues from Cape Henry, Virginia by HMS Richmond (John Lewis Gidoin commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: within the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-
- CP 1]: affidavit of papers [numbered 1-11] brought in by the prize master Francis Walters, mate, 8 May 1778;
- [CP 2]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of Gidoin v The brigantine La Basquaise, 8 May 1778;
- [CP 3]: deposition of Joachim Reallon, 8 May 1778.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-11:-
- SP 1: clearance from Boston for Virginia, 20 April 1778;
- SP 2: instructions to Reallon from John Larreguy [at Boston], in French;
- SP 3: letter from Larreguy to Messrs Steward & Herbert, Alexandria, Virginia, to be delivered by Reallon, Boston, 17 April 1778;
- SP 4-SP 5: letters from Henry Mitchell of Boston to the same and to David Stewart, Baltimore, introducing Larreguy, 15 April 1778;
- SP 6: letter from Larreguy to David Stewart;
- SP 7-SP 9: French ship's pass, Bayonne, and other papers for previous master Jean Halzonet;
- SP 10: muster roll;
- SP 11: pass from Bayonne to St Pierre et Miquelon, 27 October 1777.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-3; Ship's papers: 4-14 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2024].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- HCA 32/277/6/1-14
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- English and French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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