Place

• Bordeaux
• London
• North Atlantic Ocean
• Ostend (1)

Document court classification

• Other (2694)
• Court Papers / Court Paper / Court papers (2577)
• Ship's papers / Ship Paper / Ship's Papers (881)
• Modern archival document / Modern archival papers (9)

Ship class

• HMS (662)
• Privateer (504)
• Merchant ship (185)
• War ship (106)
• Schooner (71)
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• Snow (4)
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• Bark (1)
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• Galliot (1)
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• Packet boat (1)
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• Warship (1)

Flag

• Great Britain (10)
• United States of America (USA) (6)
• Denmark (4)
• Portugal (4)
• France (3)
• Flag of France (until 1789), the Pavillon Royal (2)
• Hamburg (2)
• England (1)
• Flag of Hamburg (until 1751) (1)
• Prussia (1)
• United Provinces (1)

Ruling authority

• United States of America (USA) (538)
• Great Britain (388)
• Denmark (202)
• Sweden (86)
• France (56)
• Spain (56)
• Prussia (28)
• Hamburg (24)
• Portugal (21)
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• unknown (3)
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• Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1)
• Lübeck (1)
• Mecklenburg - Schwerin (1)
• Morocco (1)
• Münster (1)
• Tripoli (1)

Lading

• Sugar (218)
• Coffee (214)
• Other or unknown items (198)
• Wine (120)
• Cotton- raw material (115)
• Flour (81)
• Brandies, spirits and liquors (80)
• Currency (59)
• Wood (56)
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• Provisions (48)
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• Enslaved people transported (32)
• Oils (32)
• Soap (32)
• Linen (31)
• Meat (29)
• Wheat (26)
• Alcoholic beverages (24)
• Textiles and clothing (24)
• Beef (23)
• Butter (23)
• Iron/Steel (22)
• Fish (20)
• Rice (20)
• Staves (20)
• Candles (17)
• Cheese (17)
• Pepper (17)
• Cotton (16)
• Grains (16)
• Salt (16)
• Tar (16)
• Fruits and berries (15)
• Timber (15)
• Food (14)
• Metals and precious Items (14)
• Pitch (13)
• Crew members (12)
• Gin (12)
• Logwood (12)
• Seeds and plants (12)
• Books, papers, and stationary (11)
• Tallow (11)
• Glassware (10)
• Herbs and spices (10)
• Merchandise (10)
• Shoes (10)
• Building materials (9)
• Earthenware (9)
• Lard (9)
• Rum (9)
• Wool (9)
• Beer (8)
• Passengers on board (8)
• Silver (8)
• Tea (8)
• Vinegar (8)
• Clothing and accessories (7)
• Silk (7)
• Tools (7)
• Vegetables (7)
• Wax (7)
• Almonds (6)
• Bale goods (6)
• Corn (6)
• Gold (6)
• Hoops (6)
• Household goods (6)
• Military equipment (6)
• Pork (6)
• Cork (5)
• Dyewood (5)
• Hats (5)
• Ivory (5)
• Leather (5)
• Under ballast (5)
• Boards (4)
• Bricks (4)
• Captives/ prisoners transported (4)
• Cochineal (4)
• Copper (4)
• Furniture and home decoration (4)
• Gunpowder (4)
• Hemp (4)
• Herrings (4)
• Lead (4)
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• Paper (4)
• Tortoise shell (4)
• Ammunition (3)
• Canvas (3)
• Chemical compounds and drugs (3)
• Citrus fruits (3)
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• Flax (3)
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• Spices (3)
• Stones (3)
• Anchors (2)
• Arms (2)
• Ballast (2)
• Beans (2)
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• Brimstone (2)
• Camel hair (2)
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• Coals (2)
• Cordage (2)
• Drugs (2)
• Glass (2)
• Juniper berries (2)
• Looking Glasses / Mirror (2)
• Meat and fish (2)
• Medicines (2)
• Muskets (2)
• Muslin (2)
• Non-alcoholic beverages (2)
• Olives (2)
• Onions (2)
• Oranges (2)
• Peas (2)
• Potatoes (2)
• Rye (2)
• Sailcloth (2)
• Silver Coins (2)
• Spirits and Liquors (2)
• Stockings (2)
• Thread (2)
• Tiles (2)
• Tin (2)
• Turpentine (2)
• Whale oil (2)
• codfish (2)
• liquorice (2)
• livestock (2)
• Anchovies (1)
• Animal Products (1)
• Bark (1)
• Beeswax (1)
• Biscuit (1)
• Blankets (1)
• Boilers (1)
• Bombs (1)
• Capers (1)
• Cement (1)
• Chairs (1)
• Chalk (1)
• Cinnamon (1)
• Clocks (1)
• Coal (1)
• Cotton Yarn (1)
• Cotton products (1)
• Crewmember (1)
• Crockery (1)
• Cucumber pickles (1)
• Currants (1)
• Cutlery (1)
• Deals (1)
• Ebony (1)
• Fabric (1)
• Fustic (1)
• Ginger (1)
• Glasses (1)
• Gold dust (1)
• Gum (1)
• Guns (1)
• Haberdashery (1)
• Hair powder (1)
• Handkerchiefs (1)
• Hatchets (1)
• Herbs (1)
• Horsehair (1)
• Jewels and precious stones (1)
• Lace (1)
• Lemon peel (1)
• Lentils (1)
• Limes (1)
• Linseed oil (1)
• Maces (1)
• Marble (1)
• Nutmeg (1)
• Olive oil (1)
• Passenger (1)
• Pasta (1)
• Pictures (1)
• Plant-Based Products (1)
• Prunes (1)
• Rags (1)
• Requirement for ships (1)
• Rhubarb (1)
• Rigging (1)
• Rigging and cordage (1)
• Sail (1)
• Sarsaparilla (1)
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• Starch (1)
• Stockfish (1)
• Sumac (1)
• Sweet Oil / Ollive Oil (1)
• Tackle (1)
• Tools and Equipment (1)
• Twine (1)
• Vanilla (1)
• Vitriol (1)
• Whale (1)
• Whale bone (1)
• bullion (1)
• camphor (1)
• empty barrels (1)

Journeytype

• Journey interrupted by capture
• Forced journey
• Capture journey (1224)
• Journey (24)

Verdict

• Cargo restored (696)
• Ship or captured entity restored (457)
• Against the appeal of the captured party (384)
• In favour of the appeal of the captured party (367)
• Cargo condemned (235)
• Ship or captured entity condemned as prize (155)
• Decision not yet identified (101)
• Against the appeal of the capturing party (80)
• Cargo pending (78)
• Case subject to further proof with regard to cargo (69)
• No decision recorded (61)
• Ship restored (58)
• Costs and damages awarded to the capturing party (captors) (42)
• Ship condemned (39)
• Ship or captured entity pending (39)
• Appeal of the captured party pending (25)
• In favour of the appeal of the capturing party (25)
• Costs and damages awarded to the captured party (21)
• Case subject to further proof with regard to ship or captured entity (19)
• No decision recorded with regard to costs and damages (14)
• Enslaved persons transported condemned as prize (5)
• Appeal of the capturing party pending (4)
• Enslaved persons transported denied as prize (4)
• Case subject to further proof with regard to costs and damages (2)
• No decision recorded with regard to cargo (2)
• Case discontinued (1)