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A Petition on Ship Scipio Case Before the British House
The text records a long petition from James Buchanan and others in London concerning the ship Scipio, seized with cargo including slaves gold dust and elephant teeth by a French ship off Barbadoes. It details Admiralty court actions in Martinique and Paris, royal efforts to secure restitution, and parliamentary resolutions on funding for wars, forts, the mint, and the Royal Hospital in Greenwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Buchanan
London
Scipin
Alexander Mackpher
fonsAalter
Alr
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Higa
St. Pacer’s
Martinique
Cape
Mackpherson
Court of Admiralty
Fiid Ghip
Wey
St. Christopher
Mac’ Pnerfon
Supreme Coust
I Fland
Supreme Court
Cowncil
Mackpher
Council of France
Peticon
Majsky
France
Tse
Stcreiaid
James Suchanan
Duke of
Marcinigee
Nantz
Oreder
Pari
Mack Guerion
Mackpherfon
Paris
Maccer
de Maurepas
Leeward Islands
Serpro
Great Britain
Georges
America
Royal African Company of England
Africa
Greenwich
Coriffazas