Piece
Index to HCA 45/7 - HCA 45/15
Catalogue reference: IND 1/8990
Date: 1770-1780
Index to HCA 45/7 - HCA 45/15
Item
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Harriott...
Catalogue reference: HCA 45/53/5
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This record is about the Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Harriott... dating from 1808 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Case Books (Printed Appeal Papers). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 45/53/5
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1808
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Description (What the record is about)
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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua.
Captured ship: Harriott brig (master Christopher O'Connor).
Nationality: American.
History: bound from Bordeaux to Philadelphia, laden with brandy, wine, almonds, prunes and dry goods; taken about 22 March 1804 by HMS Colpoys armed schooner (John Eagan commanding), and brought into Tortola and then Antigua.
Appellant: The master for the cargo on behalf of Messrs Ducoing and Lacombe merchants of Philadelphia, American citizens.
Respondent: The captor.
Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 3 March 1808 (folios 47-56) [no folio 49].
Decision: insufficient further proof; further proof within 9 months.
Folios 47-56: further proof; Folio 56: decree
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Within the series: HCA 45
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