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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Salisbury (master John Odiorne)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/445/15

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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Salisbury (master John Odiorne).... dating from 1781 June 12 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/445/15
Date
1781 June 12
Description

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Salisbury (master John Odiorne).

Capture history: an American merchant ship (schooner, 50 tons, 6 men, a British ship condemned in a Massachusetts maritime court in 1780) bound from Newbury, Massachusetts to Cap François, Saint Domingue, laden with lumber, fish; taken on 12 June 1781 in Boston Bay, Massachusetts by HMS Assurance (William Swiney commanding) and HMS Amphitrite (Robert Biggs commanding), and brought into New York.

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

Court papers numbered CP 1-2:-

  • [CP 1]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of Swiney v The schooner Salisbury and her cargo, 4 July 1781;
  • [CP 2]: deposition of James Norton, common seaman, of Massachusetts, who gives the owner as Ezekiel Wether, 4 July 1781.

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-3:-

  • SP 1: ship's register, owners Samuel Stevens, Nathaniel King, John Bartlet and Oliver Osgood, 4 June 1781.
  • SP 2: clearance, with lumber and fish, 13 October 1780, but endorsed 4 June 1781;
  • SP 3: owners instructions, to sell the cargo and buy molasses and other goods, 9 June 1781.

[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-4; Ship's papers: 5-7 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/445/15/1-7
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13507619/

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