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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01411.10 |
| From Archive Folder | Legal documents relating to captured American privateers |
| Title | Claim made on the sloop "Lucky Strike" |
| Date | ca. 1779 |
| Author | Yonge, Henry (b. 1712) |
| Additional authors | Catherwood, Robert (fl. 1764-1783) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Legal document in the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida given to Judge Robert Catherwood. Signed by Henry Yonge, King George III's Advocate and Procurator General. Claims that the sloop "Lucky Chance" and her "Tackle Furniture and one Negroe" is the property of "our said Lord the King." The ship previously belonged to a subject of the King of Spain, which Britain is now fighting. The person who captured the sloop, Jacinta Pau, did not have commission or authority to take the ship on the high seas and Yonge is stepping in to take the prize for Britain. Document dated from around the time Spain and Britain began fighting during the American Revolution. Probably written in St. Augustine. |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Revolutionary War Law Maritime Navy Privateering Merchants and Trade Commerce Slavery African American History Military History |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; The American Revolution; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |