Captured place: St Eustatius and its Dependencies (captured by Admiral Rodney, 3...

Captured place: St Eustatius and its Dependencies (captured by Admiral Rodney, 3 February 1781). Pieces HCA 42/149 to 153 contain 64 claims.

This piece contains:

Claims: Nos 8-17

Claim 8. Claimant: Elias Lindo of Devonshire Street, London, broker, British subject. Exhibits in Dutch and Spanish with translations, attestations and schedules of goods. (1782-1788).

Claim 9. Claimant: William Walmsley, of Manchester, Lancashire, merchant, British subject. Exhibits in French with translations, schedule of goods. (1782-1791).

Claim 10. Claimant: Edward Stewart and Robert Boyd of Ironmonger Lane, London, merchants, British subjects, on behalf of William Aull of St Eustatius, merchant, British subject. Exhibits, attestations. (1782).

Claim 11. Claimant: John Ingram of Billiter Square, London, merchant, on behalf of John Campbell the elder and the Company of the City of Glasgow, merchants British subjects. Exhibits, attestations, schedule of goods. (1782-1786).

Claim 12. Claimant: John Whitmore of Messrs J J and William Whitmore of London, merchants, British subjects, on behalf of Manuel Boiz de Saviana, of Lisbon, Portuguese subject. Exhibits in Portuguese with translations, attestations, schedule of goods (1782-1791).

Claim 13. Claimant: James Pointer of Messrs James Sutton Esquire and Co of London, on behalf of Michael Woulfe of Cork, Ireland, merchant, British subject. Exhibits in French with translations, affidavits. (1782-1790).

Claim 14. Claimant: Thomas Rodie at present of Bearbinder Lane, London, but from Antigua, merchant, of Messrs Ross and Rodie of Antigua, British subject. Exhibits, attestation. (1782-1784).

Claim 15. Claimant: Emanuel Cortissos of London, merchant, British subject. Exhibits in Dutch with translations, attestations, schedule of goods. (1782-1785).

Claim 16. Claimant: George Wolff of Wellclose Square, Middlesex, of Messrs George and Ernst Wolff of London, on behalf of Lauritz Holte Nicolaison; Lyder Wensel Nicolaison; Jonas Olsen Toske and Christona, widow of Jacob Disingthun; Jorgen Angel, all of Bergen, Norway, Danish subjects. exhibits in Danish with translations, schedule of goods. (1782-1787).

Claim 17. Claimant: Anthony Songa of of Warnford Court Throngmorton Street, London, merchant and consul general of the emperor of Germany, on behalf of Philip Florent Van Vergelo of Antwerp; Octave Leon Barbout of Roermond; John Gosuin of Liege; Messrs Bolongars and Co of Emmerichstadt [Emmerich am Rhein]; Johannes and Francis De Wilde of Ghent; Willem Vanden Bosch of Roermond; the Widow Van Schoor and son of Brussels; Messrs Fries and Compaby of Vienna; Messrs Cande and Swenshuy of Ostend; Joseph de la Ville le Roulp of Ghent; Arnold Hoys and Company of Ostend; L Vandenbergh of Dornick in the Austrian Flanders, all merchants, German subjects. Exhibits in Dutch, schedules of goods and book marked A listing the burgers of St Eustatius with numbers of wives, sons, daughters and slaves, book marked B listing burghers of St Eustatius with place of birth; it contains also material referring to claims 19, 26 and some unidentified claims. (1781-1787).

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