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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.
Item
British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Happy Return (master Houghton)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/348/2
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Happy Return (master Houghton).... dating from 1779 Feb 16 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/348/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779 Feb 16
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Description (What the record is about)
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Happy Return (master Houghton).
Capture history: an American merchant ship (schooner, 60 tons), laden with sugar, rum; taken on 16 February 1779 in latitude 39°N, longitude 75°W off Sinepuxent, Maryland by the loyalist privateers Germaine (Robert Campbell commanding), and Castor (Thomas Webster commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: from the Caribbean Islands to the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-
- [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master Thomas Mitchell, first lieutenant of the Germaine, 24 February 1779;
- [CP 2]: libel in Campbell and Webster v The schooner Happy Return and her cargo, 24 February 1779;
- [CP 3]: monition, 24 February 1779.
[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 17 March 1779].
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-3 (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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- 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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