Piece
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: Harlequin (commander John Earle)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/348/15
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Harlequin (commander John Earle).... dating from 1782 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/348/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1782
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Description (What the record is about)
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Harlequin (commander John Earle).
History: an American merchant ship with commission (schooner, 60 tons, 4 guns, 24 men), bound from Havana to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, laden with sugar, dollars; taken on 19 September 1782 between Bombo Hook and Reedy Island, Delaware by the privateers Kidnapper (John Kid commanding), Ranger (John Jones commanding), and Jolly Tar (Daniel James Brooks commanding), and brought into New York. Earle had previously been taken in Jamaica in or about February 1782 by HMS Licorne.
Court papers: 1-3; Ship's papers: 4-27. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
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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 32/348/15/1-27
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Miscellaneous
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13506089/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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