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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Eagle (master Peter Pollard)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/315/9

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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Eagle (master Peter Pollard).... dating from 1779 Mar 11 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/315/9
Date
1779 Mar 11
Description

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Eagle (master Peter Pollard).

History: an American merchant ship (barque, 250 tons, 7 men, formerly the British Eagle of Whitehaven, taken by the Americans in 1776), now bound from [New] Bedford, Massachusetts Bay to South Carolina, in ballast; retaken on 11 March 1779 in latitude 35°N by the loyalist privateer Rosebud (James Duncan commanding), and brought into [New York].

Court papers numbered CP 1-6:-

  • [CP 1]: libel in Duncan v The barque Eagle, 25 March 1779;
  • [CP 2]: monition, 25 March 1779;
  • [CP 3]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master;
  • [CP 4]: deposition of Peter Pollard 26 March 1779;
  • [CP 5]: answer and claim of John Ponsonby, merchant of New York, on behalf of John Hartley of Whitehaven;
  • [CP 6]: replication of Duncan.

[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 16 April 1779].

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-2 (Rhode Island papers):-

  • SP 1-SP 2: official ship's papers.

[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-6; Ship's papers: 7-8 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/315/9/1-8
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13505568/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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