British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Right Hand (master Asa Palmer)....

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Right Hand (master Asa Palmer).

Capture history: a American merchant ship (sloop, 81 tons, 11 men) bound from Grenada to New London, Connecticut, laden with rum, sugar; taken on 8 March 1782 in latitude 38°N, longitude 75°W by the loyalist privateer Caty and Polly (Thomas Marsh commanding), and brought into New York.

Intended voyage: from the Caribbean Islands to the United States.

Court papers numbered CP 1-3:-

• [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master John Anderson, 16 March 1782;
• [CP 2]: libel in Marsh v The sloop RIght hand and her cargo, 16 March 1782;
• [CP 3]: deposition of Edward Palmer of Connecticut, supercargo, 21 March 1782.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-41 (Connecticut papers):-

• SP 1: clearance from New London to Grenada [then French], 26 October 1781;
• SP 2-SP 3: French ship's pass from Grenada, and permit, 31 December 1781;
• SP 4: permit, Grenada, 4 February 1782;
• SP 5: customs, Grenada, 15 February 1782;
• SP 6: French ship's pass from Grenada, 15 February 1782;
• SP 7: crew list and agreement, 10 November 1781;
• SP 8-SP 38: Asa Palmer's papers: receipts, orders to pay, accounts etrc, mentioning other family members, Nov 1781-Feb 1782;
• SP 39 bill of lading from Stonington, Connecticut to Grenada, 23 November 1781;
• SP 40: invoice of cargo, Connecticut to Grenada, 22November 1781;
• SP 41: personal letter from Sophia Pearson, Grenada to Major Jeremiah Pratt, Hartford, Connecticut, by Captain Palmer, 29 January 1782; thanks him for his kindness to her family.

[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-5; Ship's papers: 6-46 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].