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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Montgomery of Providence, Rhode...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/404/3
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Montgomery of Providence, Rhode... dating from 1778 Feb 6 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 32/404/3
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Date (When the record was created)
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1778 Feb 6
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Description (What the record is about)
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Montgomery of Providence, Rhode Island (master Phineas Potter).
Capture history: an American merchant ship (sloop, 30 tons, 10 men) bound from Cap François, Saint Domingue to Boston, Massachusetts, laden with molasses, rum, salt coffee; taken on 6 or 8 February 1778 in latitude 37°40'N, longitude 72°23'W by HMS Experiment (Sir James Wallace commanding), and brought into New York.
Intended voyage: from the Caribbean Islands to the United States.
Court papers numbered CP 1-2:-
- [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master Eleazer Williams midshipman, 25 February 1778;
- [CP 2]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of Wallace v The sloop Montgomery and her cargo, 27 February 1778.
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-5 (Rhode Island papers):-
- SP 1: clearance from Providence, 18 November 1777;
- SP 2: detailed French certificate of sale of the cargo at Cap François, 19 January 1778;
- SP 3: French receipt;
- SP 4: rough account for return cargo;
- SP 5: customs, Cap François, 27 January 1778.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-2; Ship's papers: 3-7 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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English and French
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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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