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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Molly previously Wolf (master Ambrose Bartlett)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/403/8
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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Molly previously Wolf (master Ambrose Bartlett).... dating from 1777 Dec 31 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)
- 1777 Dec 31
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High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Molly previously Wolf (master Ambrose Bartlett).
Capture history: an American merchant ship (sloop, 40 tons, 6 men) bound from Boston, Masssachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina and thence to Martinique, laden with cider, onions, deal planks; taken on 31 December 1777 nearest to Virginia in latitude 36°30'N, by the British privateer Ceres (Archibald Greig commanding), who emptied and set fire to the prize, but brought the crew and papers to London.
Intended voyage: within the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-
- [CP 1]: attestation as to papers (numbered 1-12) brought in by Archibald Greig, 23 February 1778;
- [CP 2]: deposition of Ambrose Bartlet, British subject, taken by Ducarel, surrogate of the court, 28 February 1778;
- [CP 3]: allegation, 26 March 1778.
Ship's Papers, and maill in transit, numbered SP 1-12 (Massachusetts papers, all endorsed by Abraham Bartlett):-
- SP 1: ship's register, Boston, owners Philip Moore, Mungo Mackay and Archibald Blair, 5 December 1777;
- SP 2: clearance, 5 December 1777;
- SP 3: owners instructions, 1 December 1777;
- SP 4: bill of lading, 5 December 1777;
- SP 5: invoice of cargo, 5 December 1777;
- SP 6: business letter from the owners Moore, Mackay & Blair to Messrs Bordeaux, Atkinson & Co, Charleston, 1 December 1777;
- SP 7: list of prices current, 5 December 1777;
- SP 8: business letter from Moore, Mackay & Blair, Boston to Messrs Moore, Mackay & Blair, St Pierre, Martinique, 1 December 1777;
- SP 9: business letter from Archibald Blair, Boston to his brother, addressed to Archibald & John Blair, merchants, Martinique, 7 December 1777;
- SP 10: business letter from Henry Mitchell, Boston to Messrs Robert Brown & Co, Charleston, 25 November 1777;
- SP 11: business letter from Philip Moore and Mungo Mackay, Boston, to Archibald and John Blair, merchants, St Pierre, Martinique, 15 December 1777;
- SP 12: business letter from Archibald & John Blair, Boston, to Alexander Chisholm, Charleston, 7 December 1777.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-4; Ship's papers: 5-16 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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