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Papers of the French east indiaman Le Ferme , bound from Pondicherry to Lorient under...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/726
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This record is about the Papers of the French east indiaman Le Ferme , bound from Pondicherry to Lorient under... dating from 1767-1782 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 30/726
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1767-1782
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of the French east indiaman Le Ferme, bound from Pondicherry to Lorient under command of Captain Darthiague. Many relate to her cargo, which includes cotton, fabrics, saltpetre, spices, handkerchiefs etc. Many of the items are accompanied by merchants' marks. Others are private correspondence and remain mostly unopened, with seals unbroken. Le Ferme sailed from Pondicherry in early March 1778 and was at the Cape in June and July of that year. Much of the correspondence in English and Dutch is from the Cape. Most of the papers are foliated, although the same foliation series is also found in HCA 32/727, and in the case of private correspondence, some are grouped by the hands of their authors. They include:
f. 104: 1767 printed precis of peace treaty between France and Morocco
f. 105: printed and manuscript proforma stating that Le Ferme's cargo may be exported duty-free [from France]
f. 110: undated memoir relating to ex-Captain Colombel, who was accused of insubordination in 1767-1768
f. 111: certificate of seaman's pay and deductions
f. 112: 1778 extract from record of the king's council concerning appeal by Colombel against the high council of Pondicherry having placed seals on his possessions
ff. 114-123: 1778 records of deductions made against seamen put ashore sick by the Sartine, the Terray, Ville d'Archangel and Pondicherry
ff. 126-127: 1778 details of sick soldiers to be repatriated to France on Le Ferme
f. 131: 1778 Feb 25 'Notes and ideas' of former councillors of the high council of Pondicherry on the Colombel case
f. 156: manuscript copy of a memoir published by Colombel in Paris in 1768
f. 157: 1768 printed memoir attempting to refute f. 156 (148 pp.)
f. 301: 1778 inventory of cargo for La Philippine
ff. 362-376, 390-398: correspondence with and relating to the commissioners for the liquidation of the French East India company
f. 380: minutes of the assembly at Pondicherry
ff.764-833 are letters addressed to Captain Darthiague
ff. 834-863 are letters addressed to his second captain, Jean Raffin
There is a small number of un-numbered or detached papers, including papers from the American brig Speedwell, Captain Mansfield
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- This piece is included in the HCA Prize Papers sorting and cataloguing project, and is not available to order. Please ask a member of staff to contact the Prize Papers team to arrange access to it
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Dutch, English and 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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