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Manuscript prize appeal No 54, from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Tortola, filed in...

Catalogue reference: HCA 42/170/54

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HCA 42/170/54
Date
1799
Description

Manuscript prize appeal No 54, from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Tortola, filed in 1799.

Captured ship: Antonetta Arnoldina (master Joseph Guigue).

Nationality: Prussian.

History: bound from Philadephia to St Thomas, laden with Indian meal, flour, wine, and other merchandise; taken on 30 May 1798 by the privateers Eclipse (Andrew Edwards commanding), Admiral Duncan (Ambrose Byrne commanding) and Prince William Henry (James Crouds commanding), and brought into Tortola.

Manuscript appeal papers: see also the catalogue entry for the printed appeal (of a later date) for details of appellants and respondents.

For process in this appeal, see the minutes in HCA 44/21, ff86v-88

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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