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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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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Eagle of Dartmouth (commander [Mowry] Potter)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/315/4
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Eagle of Dartmouth (commander [Mowry] Potter).... dating from 1777 Nov 30 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 32/315/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777 Nov 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Eagle of Dartmouth (commander [Mowry] Potter).
History: an American privateer (schooner, 100 tons, 4 carriage guns, 3 swivels, 34 men) bound from Dartmouth, [Massachusetts] on a cruise; taken on 30 November 1777 in latitude 38°N, longitude 67°W, about 350 leagues distant from New York by HMS Sphinx (Anthony Hunt commanding), and later sunk.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: attestation (taken in New York before David Mathews, mayor) of Shadrack Winslow, late surgeon, and Dean Burt and Joseph Stanton, late mariners, of the Eagle, that they sailed from Bedford, Massachusetts on 27 September 1777, and were taken on 30 November; 18 December 1777;
- [CP 2]: attestation as to papers (no papers) by Samuel Cuthbert late master at arms of HMS Sphinx, and that as the prize was very damaged by bad weather, Captain Hunt sank her, [London] 11 April 1778;
- [CP 3]: two depositions of Samuel Cuthbert and of William Elder, later master gunner of HMS Sphinx, taken in London, 13-14 April 1778;
- [CP 4]: allegation, 5 May 1778
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-7 (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 32/315/4/1-7
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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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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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