Catalogue description High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Betsey (master Offin Boardman). History: an...

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Details of HCA 32/280/9
Reference: HCA 32/280/9
Description:

High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Betsey (master Offin Boardman).

History: an American merchant ship (85 tons, 10 men, 3 passengers), bound from Nantes to Virginia, laden with salt, linen drapery, woollens, millinery; taken on 11 April 1780 in latitude 42°N, longitude 40°10'W of Paris by the privateer Union (John Broom commanding), and brought into Poole.

Court papers: 1-11; Ship's papers: 12-105. [These are interim paper numbers, and are likely to change once more fully catalogued].
Date: 1780
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/280/9/1-105
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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