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Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Christiana...
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| Reference: | HCA 45/71/17 |
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| Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Christiana (master Peter Erickson). Nationality: American. History: bound from Portland, Maine to Antigua, laden with staves, shooks, boards and hoops; taken on 6 March 1813 by the privateer Viper (Daniel Allers commanding), and brought into Antigua. Appellant: Benjamin Stanwood supercargo for the ship and cargo on behalf of James Dearing and John Dicks, American merchants of Portland, under a licence from the governor of the Leeward Islands. Respondent: The captor. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 18 March 1818 (folios 219-230) [no folio 222]. Decision: against the appeal. Folios 219-221: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 221: decree; Folios 223-224: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 225-230: appendix |
| Date: | 1818 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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