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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court: Prize court assignation books, and lists of...
Catalogue reference: HCA 49/92
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This record is about the British New York Vice-Admiralty Court: Prize court assignation books, and lists of... dating from 1777-1784 in the series Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 49/92
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1777-1784
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court: Prize court assignation books, and lists of causes [condemnations] and fees paid.
With a contemporary label 'Box No 4: 8 Assignation Books Unbound. Sent from New York. No 9 received the 19th November 1784' (label now in HCA 49/92/1).
Described at item level, but at some point paginated consecutively.
These are 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 330, no 1823.
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3301412/
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HCA 49
Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings
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Vice-Admiralty Courts: Proceedings
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