Catalogue description Captured ship: Abigail of Piscataqua sloop (master John Wise before the capture,...

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Details of HCA 32/95/21
Reference: HCA 32/95/21
Description:

Captured ship: Abigail of Piscataqua sloop (master John Wise before the capture, François Felloe after the capture).

History: an English [American] merchant ship, bound from Piscataqua, New England via Boston, to London, laden with pitch, tar, turpentine, oak staves, pine planks, braziletto wood, and logwood: taken on 31 July/11 August 1747 by the French privateeer La Nymphe (Nicolas Fougeray commanding) of 16 guns, 100 men; retaken on 4/15 August 1747 about 17 leagues southwest of the Lizard by HMS Prince Frederick (Henry Norris commanding) with HMS Augusta, HMS Centurion and HMS Gloucester, and brought into Plymouth.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 4]: standing interrogatories, two examinations, commissioner's affidavit;
  • [CP 5]: allegation;
  • [CP 6-CP 8]: attestation and two claims;
  • [CP 9-CP 10]: commission of appraisement, and sale account, October 1747;
  • [CP 11]: letter of attorney of John Wise, March 1750;
  • [CP 12-CP 13]: a copy of the privateer's commisson, with translation;

Ship's papers: SP 1, a bill of lading.

[Decision: restored paying 1/8 salvage, 23 October 1747]

Date: 1747
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/95/2/1
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English and French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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