Catalogue description H2653 [part 1]. Captured ship: Henriette (master Gottlieb Jager, supercargo Jan Bekker...
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Reference: | HCA 32/1047 |
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Description: |
H2653 [part 1]. Captured ship: Henriette (master Gottlieb Jager, supercargo Jan Bekker Teerlink of Flushing). History: a Prussian ship owned by Clas Tholen of Emden, Prussia, bound from Canton, China, by way of Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope to Emden, laden with tea [congou, bohea, compi, souchong, pekoe, twankay, hyson skins and hyson], ginger, tamarind, silk, lacquered boxes and caddies, etc; taken [before the declaration of hostilities against the Batavian Republic, but during the embargo] on 31 May 1803 off the Texel by HMS Lapwing (Alexander Skene commanding), and brought into Great Yarmouth. Documents:- Number 0, a list of the selected numbered documents to be translated for the court; this list was found inside the wallet of Jan Bekker Teerlink - now EXT 11/140 - and was removed here in 2017. Numbers 1-999 (of a total 1-1569). The number indicates the outer envelope or packet wrapper, and enclosed letters and papers were identified as 1A, 1B etc]. Numbers 302-371, 599, 600-604, 660, 670, 872 and 879 are missing.
A small envelope containing a lock of dark hair and some seeds, which was once enclosed in letter 75f or 75g, has been extracted to EXT 11/140. These papers, with those in HCA 32/1048, at one time comprised two bundles labelled by the court 2653B. |
Note: | Re-catalogued to this level of detail in 2017 |
Date: | 1803 |
Related material: |
Translations are included in the appeal papers HCA 42/423/510 |
Separated material: |
The lock of hair is now part of the extracted pape EXT 11/140 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | Dutch |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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