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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Warrior (master Jacob de Hart)....

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/488/12

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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Warrior (master Jacob de Hart).... dating from 1782 Aug 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 32/488/12
Date
1782 Aug 27
Description

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Warrior (master Jacob de Hart).

Capture history: an American merchant ship with a letter of marque (100 tons, 12 carriage guns, 50 men) bound from Philadelphia to Cap François, Saint Domingue, laden with flour, taken on 27 August 1782 at Cape Henlopen by HMS Quebec (Christopher Mason commanding), HMS Centurion (Samuel W. Clayton commanding), HMS Vestal (Richard Fox commanding), HMS Bonetta (James Cotes commanding), HMS Belisarius (Richard Graves commanding) and the privateer Digby (Lawton commanding) and brought into New York.

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

Court papers numbered CP 1-4:-

  • [CP 1]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master William Ferguson, master's mate of HMS Quebec, 5 September 1782;
  • [CP 2]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of Mason v The sloop Warrior and her cargo, 6 September 1782;
  • [CP 3]: monition, 6 September 1782;
  • [CP 4]: deposition of Jacob de Hart of Philadelphia, 7 September 1782.

[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 27 September 1782]

Ship's Papers numbered SP 1-6 (Pennsylvania papers):-

  • SP 1: ship's register, Philadelphia, 14 August 1782;
  • SP 2-SP 3: bills of lading;
  • SP 4: clearance from Philadephia, 14 August 1782;
  • SP 5: printed privateer commission, with a description of de Hart on the reverse, 20 August 1782;
  • SP 5: printed instructions of Congress, 7 April 1781.

[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-6; Ship's papers: 7-12 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/488/12/1-12
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13508247/

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