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Captured ship: Three Brothers (master James Babson). History: an American merchant...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/462/4

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HCA 32/462/4
Date
1777
Description

Captured ship: Three Brothers (master James Babson).

History: an American merchant ship (schooner) (50 tons, 6 men) bound from Salem to Bilbao via Georgetown South Carolina laden with rice, staves and indigo; taken on 22 May 1777 in 39°N 33°W by the privateer Marlborough of Liverpool (George Dawson commanding) and brought into Liverpool.

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1]: allegation;
  • [CP 2-CP 7]: standing and additional interrogatories, four examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 8]: attestation as to papers.

Ships Papers: numbered SP 1-SP 25, SP 23 being"a parcel of loose papers of no consequence" now numbered SP 23/1 to SP 23/33.

SP 23-SP 25 added from HCA 30/715/7 on 7 July 2023.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/462/4/1-49
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13507916/

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