Catalogue description British New York Vice-Admiralty Court. Captured ship: Abigail (master John Smith)....

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Details of HCA 32/260/2
Reference: HCA 32/260/2
Description:

British New York Vice-Admiralty Court.

Captured ship: Abigail (master John Smith).

History: an American merchant ship (sloop, 35 tons, 2 men), bound from White Hill to Cohansey, New Jersey, unladen; taken on 13 July 1781 in Delaware Bay by the privateer Trimmer (Levin Turner commanding), and brought into New York.

Court Papers numbered CP 1-CP 4:-

  • [CP 1]: libel, Turner v The Sloop Abigail, 18 July 1781;
  • [CP 2: affidavit of papers of Thomas Okerson, prize master, 18 April [sic] 1781;
  • [CP 3]: monition, 18 July 1781;
  • [CP 4]: deposition of John Smith, a Quaker, 20 July 1781.

[Decision: condemned, if no response to monition by 8 August 1781].
Date: 1781 Jul 13
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/260/2/1-4
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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