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New York Court of Vice Admiralty records
- Title
- New York Court of Vice Admiralty records, 1753-1770.
- Author
- New York (Colony). Court of Vice Admiralty.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 2230 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .15 linear foot (1 volume)
- Summary
- The colonial Courts of Vice Admiralty were branches of the High Court of Admiralty in London, upholding British maritime law by power of royal prerogative. Vice-Admiralty courts, acting without juries, dealt with such cases as claims for salvage and seamen's wages, claims for prize vessels and cargoes taken in wartime, and violations of British trade and navigation statutes. The New York Court of Vice Admiralty had jurisdiction over New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The New York Court of Vice Admiralty records, dating from 1753 to 1770, comprise one volume recording decisions chiefly on prize cases, with memoranda on commissions for privateers, at the Court of Vice Admiralty for the Province of New York. The bulk of the cases date from the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). Cases were heard before Judges Lewis Morris, Jr. (tenure 1738-1762) and Judge Richard Morris (tenure 1762-1775), in New York City or places convenient for Lewis Morris at the end of his life. Records for the years 1755, 1765-1766, and 1768-1769 are not present; those entered 1753-1754 concern a prize case from 1745.
- Subjects
- Merchants
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 > Naval operations, British
- New York (N.Y.) > Commerce
- Judges
- Prize law > Great Britain
- Maritime law > Great Britain
- Ship captains
- Lawyers
- Privateering
- Seamen
- Actions (judicial events)
- New York (N.Y.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Legal documents
- Merchants > New York (State) > New York > 18th century
- United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Naval operations
- Admiralty > Great Britain
- United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Economic aspects
- New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Genre/Form
- Actions (judicial events)
- Legal documents.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Available as digital images.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Source (note)
- Donated by Mrs. Henry Reese Hoyt, 1930
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- National Archives, New York, N.Y.
- Call Number
- MssCol 2230
- OCLC
- 773585456
- Author
- New York (Colony). Court of Vice Admiralty.
- Title
- New York Court of Vice Admiralty records, 1753-1770.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Additional Formats
- Available as digital images.
- Funding
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- New York (State) Court of Vice Admiralty records (RG 21); National Archives, New York, N.Y.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and online.
- Source
- Donated by Mrs. Henry Reese Hoyt, 1930
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Judges.Lawyers.Merchants.Seamen.Ship captains.
- Added Author
- Morris, Lewis, 1698-1762, Judge.Morris, Richard, 1730-1810, Judge.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 2230