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Seven bundles of correspondence and ships' papers. Includes: Three bundles of correspondence...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/398
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This record is about the Seven bundles of correspondence and ships' papers. Includes: Three bundles of correspondence... dating from 1778-1793 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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- HCA 30/398
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778-1793
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Description (What the record is about)
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Seven bundles of correspondence and ships' papers. Includes:
- Three bundles of correspondence (1793) from Saint Domingue to France [carried on an unknown ship]
- Two bundles of correspondence (1778) in English and French from Pondichery, Bengal, with papers of the French ship Carnatic, (Captain Le Loup de Beaulieu) travelling from Pondichery to Lorient, France.
- One bundle of correspondence and papers (1793) from the Isle de Bourbon [Reunion] to France, mainly relating to the French National Convention, including duplicates of correspondence from officials on the island to the French naval minister. With copies of the pamphlet Courrier Francais, nos. 130, 132-140 (10 May 1793 to 20 May 1793).
- One bundle marked as Captain Stephen Decateur's papers (1793), consisting of receipts and correspondence. Stephen Decateur was captain of the american ship Arialor Aerial sailing from Philadelphia to Charlestown and then Le Havre, France.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English and French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4249353/
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HCA 30
High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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Seven bundles of correspondence and ships' papers. Includes: Three bundles of correspondence...
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