Yonge, Henry (b. 1712) The Sloop Lucky Chance her Tackle and One Negro
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01411.10 Author/Creator: Yonge, Henry (b. 1712) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: circa 1779 Pagination: 2 p. ; 38.5 x 23.8 cm. Order a Copy
One legal document in the Court of Vice Admiralty of East Florida given to Judge Robert Catherwood dated approximately 1779. Claims that the sloop "Lucky Chance" contained tackle and one enslaved person identified as "one Negro." The ship previously belonged to a subject of the King of Spain. 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 ship for Britain. Document dated from around the time Spain and Britain began fighting during the American Revolution. Probably written in St. Augustine. Signed by Henry Yonge, King George III's Advocate and Procurator General.
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