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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Welcome (master unknown). Capture...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/488/18

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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Welcome (master unknown). Capture... dating from 1776 Sep 22 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 32/488/18
Date
1776 Sep 22
Description

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Welcome (master unknown).

Capture history: an American merchant ship (schooner, 60 tons, abandoned by her crew), laden with sugar, oil, onions and potatoes; taken on 22 September 1776 waiting to get into Chesapeake Bay by HMS Pearl (Thomas Wilkinson commanding), and brought into New York.

Intended voyage: within the United States.

Court papers numbered CP 1-2:-

  • [CP 1]: libel in Advocate General at the relation of George Cherry, agent for the officers and men of HMS Pearl v The schooner Welcome and her cargo, 28 November 1777 [14 months later; Wilkinson died in December 1776].
  • [CP 2]: affidavit of papers brought in by the prize master William Foster midshipman of HMS Pearl, 3 July 1778.

[Papers previously wrongly identified as Court papers: 1-3 (large pencil numbers): sorted and renumbered in 2025].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HCA 32/488/18/1-3
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13508253/

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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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