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Manuscript prize appeal No 34, from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Bahamas, filed...

Catalogue reference: HCA 42/367/34

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This record is about the Manuscript prize appeal No 34, from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Bahamas, filed... dating from 1807 in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HCA 42/367/34
Date
1807
Description

Manuscript prize appeal No 34, from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Bahamas, filed in 1807.

Captured ship: Admiral (master Joseph Perkins Kirkland).

Nationality: American.

History: taken before August 1806 by HMS Redbridge (Lieutenant Edward Burt commanding), and brought into New Providence, the Bahamas.

Appellant: the master of Middleton, Connecticut, for the ship and cargo on hs own behalf as owner.

Respondent: the captor.

Manuscript appeal papers, never printed.

For process in this appeal, see the minutes in HCA 44/58, ff11-12v, f13

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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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HCA 42

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