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High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Salisbury of Baltimore (master George Buchanan)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/445/14

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This record is about the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Salisbury of Baltimore (master George Buchanan).... dating from 1779 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/445/14
Date
1779
Description

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Salisbury of Baltimore (master George Buchanan).

History: an American merchant ship (brig, 220 tons, 6 guns, 16 men, 1 passenger), bound from Baltimore, Maryland to Nantes in convoy, laden with tobacco; taken on 2 February 1779 in latitude 42°40'N, longitude 35°W by the privateer Pole (John Maddock commanding), and (by force of weather) brought first into Loch Raine, Scotland, then into Lough Larne, Ireland, and then into the River Mersey. [The cover of the log book appears to be repurposed from the brig Adventer or Christon and is decorated on front with drawing of a two masted ship [brig or snow]; Letters 36 [especially] , 41 46, 56, 64, 80, 85, 112, 119 full of news about the conditions of war].

Court papers: 1-21; Ship's papers: 22-128.

[These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/445/14/1-128
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13507618/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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