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Appellant: Edmund Hammond and John Griswold, both of New York, principal owners of...
Catalogue reference: PCAP 1/136
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Appellant: Edmund Hammond and John Griswold, both of New York, principal owners of the ship Christiana. Respondent: John Rogers of White Hart Court, Lombard Street, London, and John Rodd of Bideford, Devon, owners of the barque Marshal Bennett. Subject: Collision between said vessels on 24 Nov 1848. Lower Court: High Court of Admiralty of England.
See also: PCAP 3/15
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