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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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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: General Gadsden of Boston (commander...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/339/2
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: General Gadsden of Boston (commander... dating from 1778 Sep 5 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/339/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778 Sep 5
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Description (What the record is about)
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: General Gadsden of Boston (commander John Harn or Horn).
History: an American privateer with a letter of marque (120 or 157 tons, 16 or 20 guns, 87 men) bound from Boston on a cruise; taken on 5 or 6 September 1778 in latitude 39°30'N, longitude 73°W by HMS Daphne (St John Chinnery commanding), and brought into New York.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of Chinnery v The privateer brig General Gadsden, 11 September 1778;
- [CP 2]: wrapper of the affidavit of papers- the actual affidavit is missing];
- [CP 3-CP 4]: two depositions of John Horn of Old York, Massachusetts, and of Henry Brunson of Maryland, second lieutenant , 19 September 1778.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1:-
- SP 1: printed privateer commission, 18 August 1778; in a very strange format, incorporating a repair using blue paper extending under the seal.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-4; Ship's papers: 5-6 (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 32/339/2/1-6
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13505930/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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