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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

Date

1782

Description

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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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

HCA 32/348/15/1-27

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Public Record(s)

Language

Miscellaneous

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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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