Lot Essay
This document is probably that of the Vice-Admiralty Court at Plymouth written around 1779 and is the original neat version before notification of a prize agent; hence no deductions are shown.
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KEPPEL: ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES TAKEN BETWEEN 13TH JUNE -- 28TH OCTOBER 1778
written over one side of a single watermarked folded folio sheet and detailing a list and values of all vessels taken -- eleven, totalling £112,021:13:0 -- and the division of spoils from Admiral to Able Seamen prior to deductions by a prize agent, the document entitled State of A Single Share in Each Class for the Whole, contained in an archive slip file within card folder with transcription and notes (paper cracks along folds)
written over one side of a single watermarked folded folio sheet and detailing a list and values of all vessels taken -- eleven, totalling £112,021:13:0 -- and the division of spoils from Admiral to Able Seamen prior to deductions by a prize agent, the document entitled State of A Single Share in Each Class for the Whole, contained in an archive slip file within card folder with transcription and notes (paper cracks along folds)
Special notice
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