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Ship(s): La Victoire de Honfleur. Nationality: French. Port(s) of departure: Guadeloupe...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/396
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This record is about the Ship(s): La Victoire de Honfleur. Nationality: French. Port(s) of departure: Guadeloupe... dating from 1786-1793 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786-1793
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Ship(s): La Victoire de Honfleur.
Nationality: French.
Port(s) of departure: Guadeloupe [port unknown].
Destination(s): France.
Type of Voyage: [Unknown].
Particulars: Captain Thaurin Hebert. Correspondence from Guadeloupe to France. Includes personal papers of the ship's captain (1786-93), including a proclamation from the Société des Amis de l'Egalité de la Ville de Point à Pitre [society of the supporters of equality for Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe] thanking 32 named ships' captains, including Hebert, for their support during a monarchist revolt in 1793. With issues 6 and 7 of the Gazette Republicain de Guadeloupe, 26 February and 01 March 1793.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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