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Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Bahamas. Captured ship: Sewell...
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| Reference: | HCA 45/25/17 |
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| Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Bahamas. Captured ship: Sewell (master Daniel Howland). Nationality: American. History: bound from St Marc, Saint Domingue to Baltimore, laden with coffee, sugar, cotton and indigo; taken on 18 September 1793 by the privateer Charlotte (James McAlpine commanding), and brought into Bahamas. Appellant: Samuel Bayard the American Agent on behalf of James MacKenzie of London for part of the cargo as the property of Peter Le Maigre merchant of Philadelphia. Respondent: The captor. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 9 August 1798 (folios 159-164). Decision: ship's papers to be brought in. Folios 159-160: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 160: decree; Folios 161-162: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 163-164: appendix |
| Date: | 1798 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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