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Loose printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Cape of Good Hope....

Catalogue reference: HCA 42/542/73

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This record is about the Loose printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Cape of Good Hope.... dating from 1803 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
HCA 42/542/73
Date
1803
Description

Loose printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Cape of Good Hope.

Captured ship: Hope (master John Ferrier).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Batavia to New York, laden with sugar, coffee, pepper and sappan wood; taken on 31 January 1798 by HMS Sceptre (Valentine Edward commanding) and HMS Trusty (Andrew Todd commanding), and brought into the Cape of Good Hope

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17072762/

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HCA 42

High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: HCA

Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts

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Within the series: HCA 42

High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers

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Within the piece: HCA 42/542

Printed Prize Appeals, for ships beginning H: loose duplicates. (Described at item...

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