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Ship's name: Diamant. Captain: Clark. This piece contains three main groups of documents:...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/385
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This record is about the Ship's name: Diamant. Captain: Clark. This piece contains three main groups of documents:... dating from 1790-1802 in the series High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 30/385
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790-1802
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ship's name: Diamant. Captain: Clark.
This piece contains three main groups of documents:
- Correspondence in French, predominantly from New York to France, 1793.
- School books in French, c1792, belonging to Ménage Dûval, american. These include a book of fables; the script of a play titled The Philospher and Marie; books of arithmetic and verse, and books of letters sent by Duval.
- A small number of Dutch papers relating to Batavia and Guinea, 1802.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- Dutch and French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4249341/
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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