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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Prosper of Piscqatana (commander Joseph Atkins)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/430/7

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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Prosper of Piscqatana (commander Joseph Atkins).... dating from 1781 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/430/7
Date
1781
Description

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Prosper of Piscqatana (commander Joseph Atkins).

History: an American merchant ship (275 tons, 6 guns, 18 men; originally taken from French by an English privateer of Bristol in 1775 then retaken in September 1780 by the American privateer General Miffin and condemned by Congress), now bound from Portsmouth in Piscataqua, New Hampshire to Tenerife, laden with staves, spars; taken on 21 April 1781 in New Hampshire or therabouts in latitude 37°30'N, longitude 33°20'W by the privateer Lydia of Liverpool (Captain Hill commanding), and brought first into Londonderry, and then into Liverpool.

Court papers: 1-2; Ship's papers: 3-5. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/430/7/1-7
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13507392/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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