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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Eagle (master Abner Lowell)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/315/12

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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Eagle (master Abner Lowell).... dating from 1778 Nov 2 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/315/12
Date
1778 Nov 2
Description

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Eagle (master Abner Lowell).

History: an American merchant ship (schooner, 60 tons, 5 men) bound from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, laden with salt; taken on 2 November 1778 off Cape May, New Jersey by the loyalist privateer Harriot (William Austin commanding), and brought into New York.

Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-

  • [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master William Donaldson, 13 November 1778;
  • [CP 2]: libel in Austin v The schooner Eagle, 13 November 1778;
  • [CP 3]: monition, 13 November 1778;
  • [CP 4]: deposition of Abner Lowell of Newburyport, 19 November 1778.

[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 4 December 1778].

Ship's Papers, including mail in transit, numbered SP 1-7 (Massachusetts papers):-

  • SP 1-SP 2: official ship's papers;
  • SP 3: crew list and agreement;
  • SP 4: business letter from John Donaldson, Newburyport to Nathaniel Tracy, Philadelphia, 24 October 1778;
  • SP 5: business letter from J Peterson, Newburyport to Captain Lowell, 26 October 17778;
  • SP 6: owner's instructions from Nathaniel Tracy, Newburyport, 24 October 1778;
  • SP 7: personal (phonetic) letter from James Mutre, Newbury, to his friend Mr Tilley in Front Street, Philadelphia; as he is bound on a merchant ship to the West Indies, could Tilley receive the prize money due to him from the prizes taken by the privateer Oliver Cromwell, 26 October 1778

[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-4; Ship's papers: 5-11 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/315/12/1-11
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13505571/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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