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Captured ship: Enterprize of Maryland (master Thomas Jones, or as a French prize,...
Captured ship: Enterprizeof Maryland (master Thomas Jones, or as a French prize, Pierre Harixague).History: an English merchant ship (snow) (100 tons; no guns; 11 men and 1 woman when taken by the French, 10 Frenchmen and 4 of the English sailors and…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1756-1757
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- HCA 32/186/27
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J167. A contested cause. Captured ship: Johanna Elizabeth otherwise Johannes en Elizabeth...
J167. A contested cause. Captured ship: Johanna Elizabeth otherwise Johannes en Elizabeth of Emden (master Johannes Greene). History: a Prussian ship, bound from London to Lisbon, laden with sugar and pepper; taken on 21 September 1796 off the North …
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1796
- Reference
- HCA 32/695/167
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Letters from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals...
Letters from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters relating to Jamaica. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows: House of Commons (order for a return of persons tried and condemned at Jamaica…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1824
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- CO 137/158
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Esther otherwise Ethen (master...
British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.Captured ship: Estherotherwise Ethen(master Alexander Kennedy, owner George Muir).Capture history: a loyalist American merchant ship (brigantine, 110 tons, 9 men) bound from Virginia to Boston, Massachusetts or t…
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1778 Jun 22
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- HCA 32/325/17
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Crow Lane (master Benjamin...
British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Crow Lane (master Benjamin Brereton, prize master Conrade Jones). Capture history: a British [Bermudan] merchant ship (brigantine, 50 or 90 tons, 4 guns, 10 men) bound from Turks Island to Georgia…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1781 Apr 7
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- HCA 32/301/3
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Captured ship: Maria of Königsberg (Oloff Nielson Knab Master). History: a Swedish...
Captured ship: Mariaof Königsberg (Oloff Nielson Knab Master).History: a Swedish or Norwegian merchant ship (100 lasts) bound from Bergen to St Malo, laden with deal boards, train oil and roe; taken on 5/15 October 1692 by the privateer John and Fran…
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1697
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- HCA 42/6/10
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Captured ship: St Pierre or St Peter of Dieppe (master Jean Maniere or Monier). History:...
Captured ship: St Pierreor St Peterof Dieppe (master Jean Maniere or Monier).History: a French ship (30 tons), bound from Dieppe on a fishing voyage; taken at the end of September 1744 off Le Havre by the privateer Swift(George Hudson commanding), an…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1744 - 1745
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- HCA 32/143/10
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Captured ship: Le Grand Don de Dieu , Antoine Duvigneau master. Details: French merchant...
Captured ship: Le Grand Don de Dieu, Antoine Duvigneau master.Details: French merchant ship with a letter of marque on a voyage from Saint-Domingue (Haiti) to Bordeaux, when captured on 9 September 1778 by the privateer Pitt.Documents: c260 personal …
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1778-1779
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- HCA 30/282
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Folios 5-6: Henry Montresor, HMS Helena, Belfast Loch. Reporting he has no further...
Folios 5-6: Henry Montresor, HMS Helena, Belfast Loch. Reporting he has no further information on the American privateer or enemy cruisers.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1814 Dec 27
- Reference
- ADM 1/2176/2
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Adventure (master Joseph L...
British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.Captured ship: Adventure(master Joseph L Tripp).Capture history: an American merchant ship (brigantine, 95 tons, 16 guns, 23 men) bound from Dartmouth, Massachusetts to [unknown], laden with tobacco; taken on 2 M…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1779 May 2
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- HCA 32/262/9
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Apollo of Boston (master Alexander...
British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.Captured ship: Apolloof Boston (master Alexander Mackay).Capture history: an American merchant ship with a letter of marque (200 tons, 27 men) bound from Cap François, Saint Domingue to Norfolk, Virginia, laden w…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1783 Feb 4
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- HCA 32/272/3
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Captured ship: Prudent of St Malo (master Peter or Pierre le Boucher). History: a...
Captured ship: Prudentof St Malo (master Peter or Pierre le Boucher).History: a French merchant ship (barque, 18 tons) bound from Pontrieux to St Malo, laden with wheat, barley, oats, and oakum; taken on 28 May / 7 June 1697 on the coast of Brittany …
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1697
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- HCA 32/1924/15
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Bedecia or La Bedecie otherwise...
British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Bedecia or La Bedecie otherwise Betsey (master Pierre Giraud). Capture history: an American or French merchant ship (50 tons, 7 men) bound from [St Lucia] to a port on the coast of America, laden …
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1778 Jul 17
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- HCA 32/278/6
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Letters of Persian Gulf Squadron on acts of piracy and slave trading: suppression...
Letters of Persian Gulf Squadron on acts of piracy and slave trading: suppression of slave trade by ships and vessels of East India Company.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1855 Jan. - Dec.
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- ADM 127/58
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Captured ship: St Philippe or St Philip of St Malo (master Jean la Govelle). History:...
Captured ship: St Philippeor St Philipof St Malo (master Jean la Govelle).History: a French merchant ship (barque, 30 tons) bound from Rouen to St Malo, laden with burrstones, plaster, whiting, tobacco, bottles, and glass; taken in January or Februar…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1697
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- HCA 32/1921/10
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Dolphin of Barnstaple (master...
British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Dolphin of Barnstaple (master Robert Day or George Sutter, American prize master John Reit). Capture history: a British merchant ship (schooner, 30 tons), bound from Placentia within Newfoundland,…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1778 Sept 14
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- HCA 32/309/19
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British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Ann (master John Meream). Capture...
British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Ann (master John Meream). Capture history: an American merchant ship (schooner, 30 tons, 5 men) bound from Little Duck Creek Landing, Kent County, Delaware to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, laden wit…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1780 May 3
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- HCA 32/269/3
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Captured ship: Franciscus of Hamburg (master Christian Lourentzen, otherwise Lawrence)...
Captured ship: Franciscusof Hamburg (master Christian Lourentzen, otherwise Lawrence) [continued in HCA 32/111B].History: a Hamburg ship (60 lasts, built at Boston, 9 men, 1 boy, 3 passengers; owned by Messrs Joachim Kahler and Joachim Heinsch or Heu…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1744
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- HCA 32/111A
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Captured ship: La Margueritte of Saint-Jean-de-Luz (master Pierre St Martin), formerly...
Captured ship: La Margueritteof Saint-Jean-de-Luz (master Pierre St Martin), formerly La Marianne, built at St Pierre et Miquelon in 1772.History: a French merchant ship (goélette/schooner, 50 tons, 10 men) bound from St Jean de Luz to St Pierre et M…
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- 1778
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- HCA 32/395/7
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Hong merchants to Select Committee, enclosing an order from the Hoppo to the hong...
Hong merchants to Select Committee, enclosing an order from the Hoppo to the hong merchants and requesting action accordingly; also enclosing the governor's ruling (missing) on the Committee's recent petition; and undertaking to submit a petition to …
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- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- [1810]
- Reference
- FO 1048/10/71