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Bail bonds for the issue of 65 letters of marque to Loyalist privateers (previously...
Catalogue reference: HCA 49/91
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This record is about the Bail bonds for the issue of 65 letters of marque to Loyalist privateers (previously... dating from 1779-1783 in the series Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HCA 49/91
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Date (When the record was created)
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1779-1783
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bail bonds for the issue of 65 letters of marque to Loyalist privateers (previously marked as bundle 2).
(Described at item level).
Other miscellaneous papers have been moved out to the relevant ship files in HCA 32 as follows:-
- Bundle 1) Prize papers for the captured ship Zamire, taken by HMS Pearl (John Linzee commanding), and brought into New York: transferred to HCA 32/491 in 2022.
- Bundle3) Appraisements and some sales of the ship and cargoes of prizes.
- Bundle4) Monitions in Prize cases.
These are some of the records described by Charles M Andrews, Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain, Vol II (Washington, 1914), p 329, no 1821.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3301411/
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HCA 49
Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the series: HCA 49
Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings
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Bail bonds for the issue of 65 letters of marque to Loyalist privateers (previously...
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