Catalogue description British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Abigail of Dartmouth (master...

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Details of HCA 32/260/1
Reference: HCA 32/260/1
Description:

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Abigail of Dartmouth (master Nathaniel Pope).

History: an American merchant ship (sloop, 30-45 tons, 3 men), bound from Tarpaulin Cove, Massachusetts Bay to Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay, unladen but about to take on wood; taken on 22 April 1780 at Tarpaulin Cove by the privateer Lewis Town's Revenge schooner (Henry Hall commanding), and brought into New York.

Documents:-

Court Papers, numbered CP 1-4:-

  • [CP 1]: libel, in Hall v The Sloop Abigail, 28 April 1780;
  • [CP 2]: deposition of Nathaniel Pope, 28 April 1780;
  • [CP 3]: affidavit of papers by Hugh Ellis, prize master, 28 April 1780;
  • [CP 4]: monition, 28 April 1780.

Ships Papers, numbered SP 1-10:-

SP 1-SP 10: ship and master certificate, clearances and passes, from the States of Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island, and receipt, 17 August 1778- 5 April 1780.

[Decision: condemned, if no response to the monition by 19 May 1780]
Date: 1780 Apr 22
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/260/1/1-14
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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