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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Le Chasseur (master Thomas...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/292/15
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Le Chasseur (master Thomas... dating from 1778 Sep 16 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 32/292/15
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1778 Sep 16
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Le Chasseur (master Thomas Liman).
Capture history: a French merchant ship (brigantine, 150 tons, 15 or 16 crew and 2 passengers (Etienne Girau and Joseph Bilat), bound from Marseilles, via Cadiz, to the Mississippi, laden with soap, candles, oil, cheese, wine, dry goods, flour and hardware; taken on 16 September 1778 in latitude 37°21'N, longitude 74°W by HMS Maidstone (Alan Gardner commanding) and HMS Emerald (Benjamin Caldwell commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: from France to Spanish Louisiana.
Court papers numbered CP 1-5:-
- [CP 1]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of Gardner and Caldwell v The brigantine Chasseur and her cargo, 23 September 1778;
- [CP 2]: affidavit of papers [SP 1-4] brought in by the prize master James Seward, midshipman of HMS Maidstone, 23 September 1778;
- [CP 3]: further affidavit of papers, for papers hidden by the ship's carpenter [SP 5-SP 11], 28 September 1778;
- [CP 4-CP 5]: two depositions, of Thomas Liman, and of Jean Baptise Lean, carpenter of the Chasseur, 24 September 1778.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-11:-
- SP 1-SP 2: permits from Cadiz;
- SP 3: bill of lading;
- SP 4: ship's pass fom Marseilles to Mississippi;
- SP 5: muster roll;
- SP 6-SP 8: ship's business papers;
- SP 9: letter book, containing copies of letters sent by Thomas Liman from Cadiz, 3-20 July 1778;
- SP 10: small notebook, with writing on fos 1-2, 9 and 12;
- SP 11: inventory of the brigantine Le Compte de Prayssac, master Thomas Helies of Bordeaux, 24 November 1777 [may be the same vessel under a previous name].
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-5; Ship's papers: 6-16 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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HCA 32/292/15/1-16
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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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