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Number not used; see HCA 42/554/10A and HCA 42/554/10B
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/554/10
Number not used; see HCA 42/554/10A and HCA 42/554/10B
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Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Le Charon of La Rochelle...
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/26/13
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- HCA 42/26/13
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747
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Description (What the record is about)
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Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty.
Captured ship: Le Charon of La Rochelle (master Antoine François Dumont otherwise Dumon or Dumonde).
History: a French merchant ship with letter of marque, bound from La Rochelle to St Domingue, laden with salt, wine and linen; taken on 20 October 1747 in 40º30 by HMS Centurion (Peter Denis commanding), and brought into Portsmouth. Now claimed that Le Charon was formerly the Englsih ship Recovery of Liverpool, bound from Liverpool to Gothenburg in 1745, and taken by a French privateer.
Manuscript appeal papers: claim, two attestations, libel of appeal, and monition and injunction, December 1747
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Some papers added from HCA 42/24
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Original prize cause HCA 32/100/13
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 42
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers
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