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This series consists of papers relating to cases concerning ships captured as prize in time of war. Although the papers cover the period 1592 to 1855, the core dates of the bulk of the papers are 1655 to 1817. As well as documents filed during the course of the trial the series contains exhibits.
Among the wide variety of documents are abstracts, accounts of damages, accounts of sales, Acts, agreements, allegations, answers, appeals with protocols, appraisements, arbitrations, attestations, bills of charges, bills of lading, certificates, citations, claims, commissions, congés (passports), day books, depositions, examinations, inhibitions, interrogatories, inventories, journals of proceedings, letters from envoys, letters of attorney, letters of marque, libels, log books, monitions, passports, petitions, proceedings of Vice-Admiralty courts abroad, process, reclamations, registrars' reports, relaxations, releases, reports, sentences, ships' papers, substitutions, translations, vouchers, warrants, writs of prohibition and other documents.