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Lord Commissioners in Appeal. Captured ship: Rittenhouse (master Ambrose Bartlett)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/442/13

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This record is about the Lord Commissioners in Appeal. Captured ship: Rittenhouse (master Ambrose Bartlett).... dating from 1775 Dec 27 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/442/13
Date
1775 Dec 27
Description

Lord Commissioners in Appeal.

Captured ship: Rittenhouse (master Ambrose Bartlett).

Capture history: a Loyalist American merchant ship bound from Lisbon to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, laden with Portuguese half Johannes; taken on 27 December 1775 near Capes of Virginia by HMS Raven (John Stanhope commanding), and brought into Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Georgia. An appeal: moved to HCA 45/145/7.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/442/13/1-12
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13507566/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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