Catalogue description H2653 [part 2]. Captured ship: Henriette (master Gottlieb Jager, supercargo Jan Bekker...
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Reference: | HCA 32/1048 |
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Description: |
H2653 [part 2]. Captured ship: Henriette (master Gottlieb Jager, supercargo Jan Bekker Teerlink of Flushing). History: a Prussian ship owned by Clas Tholen of Emden, Prussia, bound from Canton, China, by way of Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope to Emden, laden with tea [congou, bohea, compi, souchong, pekoe, twankay, hyson skins and hyson], ginger, tamarind, silk, lacquered boxes and caddies, etc; taken [before the declaration of hostilities against the Batavian Republic but during the embargo] on 31 May 1803 off the Texel by HMS Lapwing (Alexander Skene commanding), and brought into Great Yarmouth. Documents: Numbers 1000-1569 (of letters and papers numbered by the court or captor consecutively 1-1569). [The number indicates the outer envelope or packet wrapper, and enclosed letters and papers were identified as 1a, 1b etc]:-
These papers, with those in HCA 32/1047, at one time comprised two bundles labelled by the court 2653B. See also HCA 32/918 , no 6, for a small notebook numbered 1551, which may belong to this cllection. |
Note: | Re-catalogued to this level of detail in 2017 |
Date: | 1803 |
Separated material: |
For extracted material please see: EXT 11/140 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | Dutch |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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