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Captured ship: Le Bolton of Cap Francois (master François Giron). History: a French...

Catalogue reference: HCA 32/98/19

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HCA 32/98/19
Date
1748
Description

Captured ship: Le Bolton of Cap Francois (master François Giron).

History: a French merchant ship with letter of marque (180 tons, 8 guns, 38 men, formerly the English ship Bolton, master Oswald Eve, taken by the French when bound from Jamaica to Philadelphia in 1747), bound from Cap François, Saint Domingue to Nantes, laden with coffee, sugar and indigo; taken on 1/12 April 1748 by HMS Ranger (Anthony Kerly commanding), and brought into Portsmouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: claim;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8 -CP 9]: attestation as to papers, and abstract and translation of the 26 ship's papers.

Ship's Papers, now numbered SP 1- SP 26, including some letters.

[Decision: cargo condemned, ship restored paying 1/8 salvage 21 June 1748]

Note
Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14512524/

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HCA 32

High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers

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