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Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Gustaf Adolph...
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| Reference: | HCA 45/26/9 |
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| Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Gustaf Adolph (master Paul Sneidau). Nationality: Swedish. History: bound from Surinam to Gothenburg, laden with sugar, cotton, coffee, cocoa and drugs; taken on 7 June 1796 by HMS Unicorn (Sit Thomas Williams commanding) and HMS Santa Margaretta (Thomas Byam Martin commanding), and brought first into Cork, and then into Portsmouth. Appellant: The master on behalf of Messrs Johan Sahlsteen and Johan Joachim Laurin of Gothenburg. Respondent: The captors and HMPG. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 22 June 1799 (folios 137-172). Decision: condemned. Folios 137-142: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio142: decree; Folios 143-149: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 150-172: appendix |
| Date: | 1799 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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