Record revealed
A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
This letter tells the story of a daring attack on a British town during the American Revolutionary War.
Piece
Transferred to IND 1/8987
Catalogue reference: HCA 44/89
What’s it about?
This record is about the Transferred to IND 1/8987 dating from 1793-1819 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Assignation Books, Series II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 44/89
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1793-1819
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Description (What the record is about)
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Transferred to IND 1/8987
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- IND. 8987
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3300089/
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HCA 44
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Assignation Books, Series II
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