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No. 3077 [part]. Captured ship: Jonkvrouw Maria , master and owner Michiel Jansen...
Catalogue reference: HCA 32/1065
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This record is about the No. 3077 [part]. Captured ship: Jonkvrouw Maria , master and owner Michiel Jansen... dating from 1803 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HCA 32/1065
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803
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Description (What the record is about)
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No. 3077 [part].
Captured ship: Jonkvrouw Maria, master and owner Michiel Jansen of Copenhagen.
History: a Danish ship bound under Dutch colours from Curaçao on 5 March 1803 via Cape St Nicholas Mole, St Domingue to Rotterdam, laden with wine (from Madeira), coffee and hides; taken on 6 June 1803 at 49.39, 10.12, by the Mars a Liverpool privateer and slaver (Robert White commanding), but also boarded the next day by HMS Gannet (Edward Bass commanding) and brought into Falmouth.
Documents: Mail in transit, with packets and envelopes numbered 1-520, and within each number, a, b c etc.
Letters no 1-150:-.
- reports to the Council for American Colonies, , staff administration, military musters, announcements, bills of lading; March and April 1803.
- notarial deeds (estate inventories), accounts; 1795-1803.
- many personal and business letters.
Letters addressed to the House of Messrs H J Coster & Co of Amsterdam were placed together by the court for examination, but have now been replaced in the numerical sequence: these were 80, 81, 81a, 89, 89s, 89b, 185, 185a, 185p, 185r, 202, 202a-202d, 211a, 397.
Letters no 151-520 are in HCA 32/1066.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Re-catalogued to this level of detail in 2017
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Court papers are at HCA 32/1506/3077
See also HCA 32/1066
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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
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4250828/
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HCA 32
High Court of Admiralty: Prize Court: Prize Papers
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