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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Dolphin of Philadelphia (master Joseph Ashbourn)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/309/9
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Dolphin of Philadelphia (master Joseph Ashbourn).... dating from 1778 Jul 9 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/309/9
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778 Jul 9
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Dolphin of Philadelphia (master Joseph Ashbourn).
Capture history: an American merchant ship (60-70 tons, 11 men) bound from Nantes to Edenton, North Carolina laden with woollen clothes, woollens and other merchandise; taken on 9 July 1778 in latitude 46°8'N, longitude 4°W by the privateer Aeolus of Jersey (Philip Giffard commanding), and brought into Jersey.
Intended voyage: from France to the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: three depositions of Joseph Ashbourn of Philadelphia, and of Barnaby Faran and Patrick Connell, both of Rush near Dublin, Ireland, commissioners' affidavit, taken at Jersey, 18-21 July 1778;
- [CP 2]: attestation as to papers (numbered 1-.3) brought in by Philip Giffard, 24 July 1778;
- [CP 3]: translation of ship's papers;
- [CP 4]: allegation, 5 September 1778.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-3:-
- SP 1: French ship's pass, from Nantes to Madeira, 20 June 1778;
- SP 2: undated bill of lading, of goods shipped from Nantes by RG;
- SP 3: cocket from Paimboeuf.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-6; Ship's papers: 7-9 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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- 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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