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Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A, HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/8
Former piece now catalogued as HCA 32/8A,HCA 32/8B and HCA 32/8C.
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Swift (master James Gould)....
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/459/2
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Swift (master James Gould).... dating from 1779 Mar 2 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 32/459/2
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Date (When the record was created)
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1779 Mar 2
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Description (What the record is about)
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.
Captured ship: Swift (master James Gould).
History: an American merchant ship (sloop, 40 tons, 2 guns, 4 swivel guns, 11 men) bound from Baltimore, Maryland to St Eustatius, laden with tobacco; taken on 2 March 1779 south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in latitude 35°20'N, longitude 72°30'W by the loyalist privateer Norfolk's Revenge (George Mayer commanding), and brought into New York.
Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-
- [CP 1]: attestation of papers brought in by the prize master Benedict Byrn, lieutenant, 12 March 1779;
- [CP 2]: libel in Mayer v The sloop Swift and her cargo, 12 March 1779;
- [CP 3]: monition, 12 March 1779;
- [CP 4]: deposition of Daniel Spencer, 29 March 1779.
[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 2 April 1779].
Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-5 (Maryland papers):-
- SP 1: official ship's paper;
- SP 2: log book;
- SP 3-SP 5: ship's business papers, including sailing instructions from Baltimore to St Eustatius.
[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-7; Ship's papers: 8-12. (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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HCA 32/459/2/1-12
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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