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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 Nova Scotia. Captured ship:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 45/7/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1780 April]
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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Nova Scotia.
Captured ship: Elizabeth (master Thomas How or Howe).
History: a British vessel, bound from Bordeaux to New York, laden with wine, brandy, prunes, fruit, olives, capers, oil; taken by HMS Daphne, and brought into New York; retaken on 21 April 1778 by the American privateer Hazard (Simon Sampson, commander) and retaken on 1 May 1778 by HMS Rainbow (Sir George Collier commanding) and brought into Halifax.
Appellant: Thomas How, master.
Respondent: Sir George Collier, commander of HMS Rainbow.
Bound printed appeal: no decree recorded here.
Folios 103-108v, comprising:-
- folios 103-104v: case on behalf of the appellant;
- folios 105-106v: appendix to the appellants' case;
- folios 107-108v: case on behalf of the captor and respondent.
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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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