Three letters of marque addressed to Captain Alexander Bodie of the ship Frederick, with a contempor...
Three letters of marque addressed to Captain Alexander Bodie of the ship Frederick, with a contemporary legal manuscript relating to the same voyage, 1810-1813
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1810-1813
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MLMSS 9367/BOX 1X
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1 outsize box
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Three letters of marque authorising Captain Alexander Bodie of the ship the Frederick, to capture and claim ships of respectively French, Dutch and American origin. The French and Dutch letters of marque are dated May 1810 and would have been issued to be carried with Bodie on board for the voyage to New South Wales. The third letter of marque agai...
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Full title
Three letters of marque addressed to Captain Alexander Bodie of the ship Frederick, with a contemporary legal manuscript relating to the same voyage, 1810-1813
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Purchased from Hordern House, September 2012
Administrative / Biographical history
Letters of marque were issued by the Admiralty to authorise merchant captains (privateers) to attack and capture enemy vessels and bring them before admiralty courts for condemnation and sale.
The Frederick first arrived in Sydney on 20 October 1810, but Captain Bodie was showing signs of mental instability such that at the specific request...
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MLMSS 9367/BOX 1X
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YzOgzQK9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YzOgzQK9
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1004879
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