Catalogue description Captured ship: Le Postilion of St Malo (master Joseph Allain Fromy, St Dupuy). History:...

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Details of HCA 32/145/25
Reference: HCA 32/145/25
Description:

Captured ship: Le Postilion of St Malo (master Joseph Allain Fromy, St Dupuy).

History: a French ship (130 tons, 18 guns, 19 men), bound from Bordeaux to Martinique, laden with wine, beef and candles; taken on 2/13 November 1746 in latitude 43°N by the privateer Blandford (George Stonehouse commanding), and brought into Bristol.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 5]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commissioners' affidavit;
  • [CP 6]: attestation as to the perishing nature of the cargo;
  • [CP 7]: allegation;
  • [CP 8-CP 9]: attestation as to papers, and abstracts and translations of the 29 ship's papers.

Ship’s Papers numbered SP 1-SP 29, bills of lading, muster roll, ship's pass.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 15 January 1747]
Note: Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Date: 1746-1747
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English and French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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