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Captured goods: 143 casks of indigo, 205.5 tierces of rice, 12 tons of logwood, and...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/360A
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- HCA 32/360A
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779-1782
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Captured goods: 143 casks of indigo, 205.5 tierces of rice, 12 tons of logwood, and 168 deerskins, from the American Province of Georgia.
History: the British had retaken the Savannah River in December 1778 and reduced Savannah and the surrounding area. Various trade goods, comprising 143 casks of indigo, logwood, rice, deerskins, were taken at various plantations, islands and other locations in the Rivers of Savannah, Georgia and in South Carolina on or about 3 January 1779 by HMS Phoenix (Sir Hyde Parker commanding), HMS Fowey (John Henry commanding), HMS Vigilant (Brabazon Christian commanding) and other ships and by Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell of the 71st Regiment of Foot of the British Army, and brought first into Savannah, Georgia, and then into Portsmouth, England.
The papers consist largely of numerous claims for the goods captured, by London merchants or by former Loyalist inhabitants of Georgia.
Includes four great seals of the Province of Georgia, two of which attached to a claim endorsed by Sir James Wright, Governor of Georgia, and the other two are detached.
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- Moved from HCA 42 in 2024
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High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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