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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 Vice Admiralty Court of Jamaica. Captured ship: La Fortune of St...
Catalogue reference: HCA 42/28/5
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This record is about the Appeal from the Vice Admiralty Court of Jamaica. Captured ship: La Fortune of St... dating from 1743; 1745 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1743; 1745
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Appeal from the Vice Admiralty Court of Jamaica.
Captured ship: La Fortune of St Malo (master Etienne Croupier de Kandan).
History: a French ship (65 men), bound from St Malo and Plymouth to Saint Domingue and to trade in the Caribbean, laden with Frnch and English cargo which sold for 80,000 pieces of eight; taken on 16/27 August 1743 about 18 leagues off Cartagena by HMS Montague (William Chambers commanding), and brought into Jamaica.
Manuscript appeal papers; transcript (1745) of process, 99pp.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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HCA 42
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers
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