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Captured ship: Beulah or Bewlah of Philadelphia (master James Child, and Jean Lange...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/98/14

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This record is about the Captured ship: Beulah or Bewlah of Philadelphia (master James Child, and Jean Lange... dating from 1748 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 32/98/14
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: Beulah or Bewlah of Philadelphia (master James Child, and Jean Lange after the capture).

History: an English [American] merchant ship [140 tons, 2 guns, 13 men] bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to London; laden with sugar, indigo, pitch, tar, skins and cotton; taken on 19/30 March 1748 by the French privateer La Junon (Dominique Lange commanding) but retaken on or about 28 March/8 April by HMS Advice (Richard Haddock commanding), and brought into London.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [Examinations taken in London, see: HCA 13/91, fos 92, 101]
  • [CP 1-CP 2]: attestation as to papers, and translation of the 3 French papers of the French captor (of the total 11 ship's papers, all restored);
  • [CP 3]: claim.

[Decision: restored paying 1/8 salvage 28 June 1748]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Related material

2 examinations are in HCA 13/91

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Miscellaneous
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512519/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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