Catalogue description Captured ship: L'Aimable Gracieuse formerly Les Trois Soeurs (master Gerard Jaulerry...

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Details of HCA 32/96/1
Reference: HCA 32/96/1
Description:

Captured ship: L'Aimable Gracieuse formerly Les Trois Soeurs (master Gerard Jaulerry otherwise Jaulery or Jolery).

History: a French merchant ship (120 tons, 17 men) bound from Bordeaux to Quebec, laden with brandy, prunes, soap, hats, cheese, fruits in brandy, truffles, mushrooms, hams, oil, cotton thread, shoes etc; taken on the Banks of Newfoundland on 25 July 1744 by the privateer Salisbury of Bristol (Nicholas Harmon commanding) and brought into Bristol.

Documents:-

Court Papers:

  • [CP 1-CP 3]: standing interrogatories, three examinations, commisioner's affidavit;
  • [CP 4]: allegation;
  • [CP 5-CP 6]: attestation, abstract and translation of ship's papers.

Ship's Papers:

  • SP 1-SP 29: bills of lading;
  • SP 30-SP 39: permits, invoices, charter party, ship's pass, clearance etc;
  • SP 40-SP 42: muster roll, certificates of health and ownership.

[Decision: condemned as prize, 27 June 1744]
Note: Extra information from HCA 30/775/4
Date: 1740-1745
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HCA 32/96/1/1
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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