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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Fox (master Abel Coffin). Capture...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/334/6
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Fox (master Abel Coffin). Capture... dating from 1781 Nov 25 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1781 Nov 25
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Fox (master Abel Coffin).
Capture history: an American merchant ship (schooner, 118 tons, 14 men) bound from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, laden with rum, dry goods, salt, lumber; taken on 25 November 1781 in latitude 38°N off the Capes of Chesapeake about 18 leagues eastward of Cape Henlopen by HMS Centurion (Samuel Wittewrong Clayton commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: within the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master John Fitzgerald second lieutenant of HMS Centurion, 5 December 1781;
- [CP 2]: libel in Advocate General at the relation Clayton v The schooner Fox and her cargo, 5 December 1781;
- [CP 3]: monition, 5 December 1781;
- [CP 4]: deposition of Abel Coffin, of Newbury, Massachusetts, 9 December 1781.
[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 25 December 1781].
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-6 (Massachusetts papers):-
- SP 1: clearance bond, 11 June 1781;
- SP 2: crew list and agreement;
- SP 3-SP 4: business letter from Nathaniel & John Gray, Newburyport, to Isaac Wharton, merchant, Philadelphia, enclosing invoice of cargo, 18 November 1781;
- SP 5: bill of lading;
- SP 6: letter from Nathaniel & John Gray, Newburyport, to Isaac Wharton, to pay Abel Coffin, 19 November 1781.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-4; Ship's papers: 5-12 (large pencil numbers): one letter moved to HCA 32/334/3. All sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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