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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Cesar (master Jean Baptiste de la Tounerie)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/287/2
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Cesar (master Jean Baptiste de la Tounerie).... dating from 1778 Jul 14 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/287/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778 Jul 14
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Cesar (master Jean Baptiste de la Tounerie).
Capture history: a French merchant ship (220-240 tons, 18 men) bound from the York River, Virginia to St Malo, laden with tobacco; taken on 14 July 1778 in latitude 46°N, longitude 18°W of Paris by HMS Porcupine (William Clement Finch commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.
Intended voyage: from the United States to France.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: attestation as to papers (numbered 1-12) brought in by Finch, 23 July 1778;
- [CP 2]: standing interrogatories;
- [CP 3]: three depositions of Jean Baptiste de la Tournerie, René Thomas and Guillaume Trouvaux of St Malo , commissioners' affidavit, and covering letter, taken at Portsmouth, 27 July 1778;
- [CP 4]: allegation, 5 September 1778;
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-12:-
- SP 1: clearance from York River, Virginia, 9 May 1778;
- SP 2: invoice of tobacco, Messrs Norton & Beale;
- SP 3: invoice of tobacco, Messrs Carter & Braxton on account of Messrs Norton & Beale;
- SP 4-SP 5: facture and manifest of tobacco;
- SP 6: muster roll;
- SP 7: ship's pass from St Malo to Saint Domingue, 9 December 1777;
- SP 8-SP 10: official ship's papers, St Malo;
- SP 11: detailed book or 'templete' of the cargo and trades of the Cesar on behalf of M Duhauteilly for the voyage from St Malo to St Pierre et Miquelon, undated;
- SP 12: detailed personal letter commenting on American trade and politics from 'Gilbert chirugien' [the ship's surgeon, François Gilbert de Cancalle] at York River, Virginia, to his father [no envelope], 8 June 1778.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-11; Ship's papers: 12-23 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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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 32/287/2/1-23
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and French
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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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