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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.
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Betsey (master John Palmer)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/280/14
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Betsey (master John Palmer).... dating from 1777 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/280/14
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777
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Description (What the record is about)
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Betsey (master John Palmer).
History: an American [US] merchant ship (sloop, 100 tons, 7 men), bound from Boston in May 1777 via Charleston to Amsterdam, laden with rum, osnaburghs, lead, iron, nails, rice, indigo; taken on 30 August 1777 in latitude 39°33'N, longitude 52°43'W by HMS Bristol (John Raynor commanding), and brought into [New York].
Previously, Palmer, with a different ship Elizabeth, operating for the Secret Committee of Congress, was bound from Marseilles to New York, laden with linens and woollens for use of the Secret Committee, when taken on 13 December 1776 by the American privateer Eagle (Barzilla Smith commanding), and brought into Boston, to the annoyance of Congress. These papers were retained by Palmer until the capture of the Betsey.
Court papers: 1; Ship's papers: 335 (amalagamated from this reference and HCA 32/319/6 the brig Elizabeth in 2021)
Add also HCA 32/450/17: Ship Seaflower John Palmer 1769-1775. 89 papers. America to Europe; lost off Dominica in 1775.
Add also HCA 32/328/10: : Ship: Fair Lady of New York (master John Palmer). 1773-1776. History: a merchant ship (brig, 100 tons, 8 men). Ship's papers: 1-53.
Is this the John Palmer of Mystic Seaport whose papers are digitised at https://research.mysticseaport.org/coll/coll053/#head40178520 ? NO HE IS A DIFFERENT PERSON - BUT POSSIBLY A YOUNGER RELATIVE? THIS MYSTIC SEAPORT JOHN PALMER'S CORREESPONDENTS INCLUDE:
Babcock, Elisha; Babcock, Hezekiah; Babcock, M.; Babcock, N.; Babcock, Robert; Belsher, John; Brown, Joshua; Burrows, Henry; Burrows, Noyes; Chesebrough, Amos; Chesebrough, Nathaniel; Chesebrough, Rebecca; Chesebrough, Zeb; Coldman, Edward; Conkling, Joseph; Denison, Eliza; Denison, James; Hancox, Joseph; Hancox, Zeb; Hewitt, Silas; Hilliard, Joseph; Hull, Charlie; Lewis, Asa; Marchant, Henry; Miner, Clement; Miner, Ephraim; Miner, Lucy; Nichols, John; Nichols, Sarah; Noyes, Ephraim; Noyes, Eunice; Noyes, Joseph; Noyes, Lucy Ann; Noyes, Nancy; Noyes, Nathan S.; Noyes, Thomas; Palmer, Abijah; Palmer, Allen; Palmer, Benjamin F.; Palmer, Bridget; Palmer, Daniel; Palmer, Dolly; Palmer, E.H. (Mrs.); Palmer, Edward; Palmer, Elijah; Palmer, Eliza; Palmer, James; Palmer, Jonas; Palmer, Mary; Palmer, Moses; Palmer, Nathan; Palmer, Noyes (Jr.); Palmer, Noyes (Sr.); Palmer, Peleg; Palmer, Prudence; Palmer, Reuben; Palmer, Samuel; Palmer, Sarah; Palmer, Zebediah; Pendleton, Amos; Pendleton, Benjamin; Prentice, Samuel; Rossiter, White; Searle, Mary; Smith Sons & Anderson; Smith, Oliver; Stanton, Andrew; Stanton, Ebenezer; Stanton, Lodowick; Stanton, Lois; Stanton, Robert; Stanton, Thankful; Thompson, Nathan; Thompson, Nathaniel; Tracy, Moses; Whipple, ? (Capt.); Williams, Hannah; Williams, S.N.L.; Woodbridge, Joseph. See Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol 7, pp 470-1, 518, 906, 1014
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Papers from HCA 32/319/6 and HCA 32/492/28/1-289 removed to here in 2020
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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 32/280/14/1-27
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- See Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol 7, pp 470-1, 518, 906, 1014
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13505034/
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