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Index to HCA 45/7 - HCA 45/15
Catalogue reference: IND 1/8990
Date: 1770-1780
Index to HCA 45/7 - HCA 45/15
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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Mary...
Catalogue reference: HCA 45/28/12
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- HCA 45/28/12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1800
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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua.
Captured ship: Mary (master Johannes Osebrand Ellis).
Nationality: Danish.
History: bound from St Thomas to Surinam, laden with dry goods, pipes, glass ware, oil, soap, candles, nails, cheese, spices, and $6,000 specie in gold and silver coin; taken on 5 June 1797 by HMS Matilda (Henry Mitford commanding), and brought into Antigua.
Appellant: Adolphus Thomas Dorner the supercargo on behalf of Elias Sarquy merchant of St Thomas and John Smith of Altona, and of Ephraim Seligman of St Thomas merchant.
Respondent: The captor and HMPG.
Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 14 June 1800 (folios 110-123).
Decision: ship, cargo and specie to be restored.
Folios 110-113 case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 113: decree; Folios 114-116: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 117-123: appendix
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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 45
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Case Books (Printed Appeal Papers)
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