'Particulars concerning the Royal Family Privateers and the prizes taken to the amount of more than a million sterling which sailed from Bristol in March 1746’

A summary of the legal proceedings concerning the distribution of the prizes from the Royal Family, from the first bill in Chancery in 1749 up to 1809. The paper proposes asking for the inspection of the Bank of England’s demise or transfer book.

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Item reference:	WLK/2/6; MSS/70/054
Catalogue Section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 paper (14 pages)
Date made:	1745 to 1808; 1748-01-03 1755-09-05 1756-09-16 1761-02-19 1808-12-02

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Walker, George, Commander, Privateer, Fl. 1739-1777. (Manuscript) (WLK)
- Papers relating to the distribution of the Royal Family's prizes (Manuscript) (WLK/2)
  - Copy of George Walker’s will, written in Lisbon on the 3rd January 1748 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/1)
  - Disposition of George Walker to Thomas Walker or Mrs Betty Cranford, 5 September 1755 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/2)
  - Letter from George Walker to an unnamed recipient, 16 September 1756 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/3)
  - Letter from George Walker to the Reverend Gersham Stewart, 19 February 1761 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/4)
  - Letter to John Stewart, 2 December 1808 (Manuscript) (WLK/2/5)
  - 'Particulars concerning the Royal Family Privateers and the prizes taken to the amount of more than a million sterling which sailed from Bristol in March 1746’ (Manuscript) (WLK/2/6)
  - Extracts from the ‘Bristol Journal’ and ‘Bristol Advertiser’ concerning the capture of the French LEWIS ERASMUS and the MARQUIS DE AUTIN by the British privateers DUKE and PRINCE FREDERICK, and their arrival into Bristol (Manuscript) (WLK/2/7)

'Particulars concerning the Royal Family Privateers and the prizes taken to the amount of more than a million sterling which sailed from Bristol in March 1746’

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