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Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Rising Sun (master...
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| Reference: | HCA 45/18/19 |
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| Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Rising Sun (master Daniel Olney). Nationality: American. History: bound from Baltimore to Bordeaux, laden with flour, coffee, deer skins, rum and tobacco, and refugees from the destruction of Cap Francois, Saint Domingue; taken on 18 April 1795 by the privateer Vulture (John Filleul commanding), and brought into Jersey. Appellant: The master on behalf of Messrs Brown, Benson and Ives merchants of Provdence, Rhode Island; also William Coningham of London on behalf of Stephen Wilson of Baltimore. Respondent: The captor. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 17 December 1795 (folios 538-569) . Decision: to be restored. Documents: Folios 538-542: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 543: decree; Folios 544-555: appendix to the appellants' case; Folios 556-558: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 559-569: appendix to the respondents' case. |
| Date: | 1795 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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