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Online version of part of the archives of the High Court of Admiralty, kept in the National Archives, Kew This collection consists of papers relating to cases concerning ships captured as prize in time of war. There are files on tens of thousands of ships holding documents such as cargo lists, journals, booklets, customs papers, bills of lading, private letters, all of them in the language of the ship's origin. In every ship's file there is at least one document in English: the interrogations by the Prize Courts of the captain and a number of other crew members of ships taken as lawful prizes.
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It’s hard to underestimate the richness and value of the Prize Papers archive, part of the archives of the High Court of Admiralty, kept in The National Archives (TNA) Kew. It is commonly regarded as one of the most valuable archives in the field of maritime history. But it is evident that this huge collection is of interest to social, economic, political and cultural historians too. Documents pertaining to tens of thousands of ships, Dutch and French, Spanish and Portuguese, but also Danish, Swedish, German, Italian and American have been preserved. As the Prize Papers are international in nature, they enable comparisons between different maritime nations. Next to cargo lists, journals, booklets, customs papers, bills of lading, private letters etc., all of them in the language of the ship's origin, every ship's file contains at least one document in English: the interrogations by the Prize Courts of the captain and a number of other crew members of ships taken as lawful prizes. The English authorities enquired about the origin, the route and planned destination, tonnage, freight and crew members, about citizenship, national allegiance, and the personal migration history of the interrogated crew members. The answers were interpreted into English, and written down by professional secretaries. This results in a wealth of information, standardized in its presentation, always in English, and thus accessible to many.
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Prize Papers Online 1: American Revolutionary War & 4th Anglo Dutch War (1776 - 1784)
Prize Papers Online 2: 7 Years war & the War of the Austrian Succession (1739 - 1763)
Prize Papers Online 3: 1st 2nd & 3rd Anglo Dutch War & the War of the Spanish Succession (1652 - 1714)
Prize Papers Online 4: Napoleonic War I (1793 - 1803)
Prize Papers Online 5: Napoleonic War II (1803 - 1813)
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