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Prize Papers Project

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In 1807, the ship Anne Marie was captured by the British Navy while sailing from the Faroe Islands to Denmark. Five packages and two hundred letters were confiscated from the ship and survived, still sealed, in the Prize Papers. What’s inside? Read below to find out. /1

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Prize Papers Project

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The first package contained a beautiful women’s red knitted jumper. Its stitches are minute and not immediately visible, with the red and navy fabrics being wool and white perhaps cotton. The design is similar to examples worn as part of Faroese national dress today. /3

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Thanks to Margretha Nónklett, Erling Isholm and Anna Knutsson for offering their expertise, which allowed us to understand this unique collection. The fantastic pictures and video above were taken by @maria_kardamoon and the packages were first discovered by Gustav Ängeby. /10

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Two hundred letters from the Anne Marie have also been unsealed, all sent from the Faroes to elsewhere in Scandinavia. Written in Danish, they cover the Islands’ economy, the inhabitants’ personal lives and many other subjects, even the functioning of the Lutheran Church. /8

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Packet two contained four pairs of white knitted stockings, made for women. This is unusual, as most stockings exported from the Faroes to Denmark were made for men as part of army uniforms. Remarkably, the Anne Marie had 49,000 pairs of men’s stockings aboard when captured. /5

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A letter accompanying this jumper tells us that it was sent from the wife of a carpenter at Tórshavn to the fiancée of one Mr Ladsen of Copenhagen. It was intended as a thank you gift for pudding rice that the had previously been sent to the carpenter’s wife. /4

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One enclosed a bundle of paper rix dollars and coins, all issued in Denmark, perhaps sent to pay a debt. Paper money was adopted early in Scandinavia compared with the rest of Europe and it took decades to convince people that paper could serve as a form of currency. /9

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Opening two-hundred-year-old packages is a delicate operation. Our @Prize_Papers project conservator Marina Casagrande was able to carefully unseal the packages. They were later opened in the presence of Margretha Nónklett and Erling Isholm, two experts from the Faroe Islands. /2

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All the materials featured come from the Prize Papers, which survive at the @UkNatArchives and will be digitised by the Prize Papers Project @adw_goe @Akademienunion . Keep a look out this year for when we make all of these materials available online:

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Given this arrangement, it is not surprising that a third package contained barley. It was being sent back to Denmark, with an accompanying letter explaining that it was partly eaten by worms during shipping. The barley was thus poof of a prior shipment’s poor quality. /7

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An important commercial context: trade to the Faroes was monopolised by the Danish crown, which shipped grain largely in exchange for knitted goods. The Anne Marie carried much of the Islands’ exports for 1807 and its capture delivered the profits to the British instead. /6

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These letters come from La Diligente, a French frigate captured by the privateer Leviathan en route from Bayonne to Havana in 1745. The ship carried 70 letters intended for recipients in the Caribbean and they offer insights into the lives of ordinary people there in the 1740s 🧵

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Today we have launched our first batch of Spanish Prize Papers online. Materials from and relating to 130 Spanish ships taken by the British in the 1740s are now in our portal. We had the honour of welcoming the Spanish Ambassador @EmbSpainUK @UkNatArchives to our launch event.

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Embassy of Spain UK

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"The Prize Papers" have finally been unveiled, producing tremendous interest for the Spanish and British media. Thanks to these documents that were seized from Spanish ships by Great Britain between 1652-1815, we will learn more about our history and heritage.

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John Davies, captain of the ship O Vaz de Lisboa, owned several notebooks, which he used for calculations, practising Portuguese and even writing songs. The notebooks are now available in the portal, serving as witnesses of a Portuguese ship condemned as a Spanish Prize. /1

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On 19 June 1743, the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Covadonga was captured off Samar by HMS Centurion, while sailing from Acapulco to Manila. One of only four Pacific galleons ever captured, the papers of the Covadonga are now in the Prize Papers Portal. Some examples 👇. /1

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The Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, also known as La Ninfa, was a Spanish merchant ship that covered the route between Cádiz and Veracruz in 1747. It carried goods, passengers and letters to Havana, Veracruz, Buenos Aires, and other destinations in the Spanish Americas. (1/6)

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Imagine being the first person to open a letter written 250 years ago but which never reached its recipient. What might you find? This is the part of the daily work of our conservators @UkNatArchives . Read the fascinating blog post by Camilla Camus-Doughan

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Letters Unread: Opening closed letters in the Prize Papers project - The National Archives blog

Conservator Camilla Camus-Doughan showcases how she opened envelopes that had been sealed for centuries.

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In 1748, the Santa Catharina, bound from Basra to Bengal, was captured, carrying documents in Armenian, Persian and Ottoman Turkish that are partly kept @britishlibrary & partly @UkNatArchives today. Last week, we visited the British Library to view these fascinating records.

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The documents of La Ninfa show some of the realities of transatlantic migration in the Spanish Empire during the eighteenth century. The ship carried various migrants, some of whom were wealthy and well-connected, while others had more humble origins. (1/12)

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Prize Papers Project

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The Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, also known as La Ninfa, was a Spanish merchant ship that covered the route between Cádiz and Veracruz in 1747. It carried goods, passengers and letters to Havana, Veracruz, Buenos Aires, and other destinations in the Spanish Americas. (1/6)

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You live in 18th century Suriname? You need a new hat&dress from Europe, but you don't think your brother in Amsterdam can pick out the right shade of blue for you? Give him clear directions! #EverydayStories #PrizePapers

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The second release of Prize Papers material from the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48) is now online in our Portal. The newly published papers come from six neutral ships captured by the British on suspicion of collaborating with the enemy /1

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Around 600 letters and papers from the ship Franciscus of Hamburg are now online in the Prize Papers Portal. From shipboard musicians to Irish immigrants and Spanish Dominican Nuns, these records bring lesser-known people of the 18th century to life. A highlights thread. /1

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Where would you hide a chest on a ship if you didn't want the English to find it? The merchant Luetkens decided that ‘under the cargo in the hold’ of his ship 'Hoffnung' was the perfect spot. Read @LHaasis ' case study to find out if he was right. /1

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We have just published the first of the #PrizePapers from the #WaroftheAustrianSuccession (1740-8) online in #openaccess The papers now in the portal come from ten #French ships & each collection presents a unique #timecapsule showcasing a world in motion:

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This letter, taken from the ship La Diligent in 1745, is from Jannote Roustant to her wayward husband, Jean, a cook in Martinique. It describes the poverty that she and her children have faced since he abandoned them, leaving her ‘reduced in such an extreme manner’. /1

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The #PrizePapersPortal is online in a beta-version. The #PrizePapers are a unique treasure trove documenting lives around the globe in the time of the European Expansion, Colonialism & Resistance. Today, we are starting to crack open this #treasuretrove at

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Privateering took place on a global scale during Europe’s 18th century wars and was a huge industry. The papers of a Dutch ship Juffrouw Elizabeth Galley, now online in the Prize Papers Portal, show the cunning that privateering required and its often unexpected consequences. /1

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After two long years of online meetings, (parts of) the #PrizePapers Project reunited this week @UkNatArchives

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Ahem! May we have your attention please? Because we would like to present ... A PRIZE PAPERS LION! Over 200 years old. Still looking absolutely fabulous. #PrizePapers #roar

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In the 1740s, a French Captain sent these West African beads to his wife. But who made them? #twitterstorians , if you know anything about this form of craftsmanship, we would love to hear about it!

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A love letter from María Clara de Aialde in San Sebastian to her husband Sebastián de Monoa in Puerto Cabello, from 1745. She signed with a drawing of a heart pierced with arrows and a declaration of love: “Tuya siempre que te quiere y te ama”: Always yours who loves you ❤️ /1

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Prize Papers for the French ship L'Amphitrion are now live on the Portal. This merchant ship (150 tons, 24 men), owned by two Bordeaux merchants, traded regularly between the French colony of Martinique and Bordeaux, transporting plantation goods such as sugar and coffee. /1

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The @Prize_Papers Project is featured in the New York Times @nytimes A big thank you to @brynstole for his article and to Tom Jamieson for the pictures @UkNatArchives @UniOldenburg @adw_goe #Akademienprogramm @Akademienunion @ghilondon @vzg_gbv

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Long-Lost Letters Bring Word, at Last (Published 2023)

Researchers are sorting through a centuries old cache of undelivered mail that gives a vivid picture of private lives and international trade in an age of rising empires.

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Prize Papers Project

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When Sad Sailors Sailed the Seas (and expertly guilt-tripped their families): "My very dear sister (...) every day, all the people on our ship get a letter, big and small, they all get one, it is only me who does not receive one" 😬

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There must be a whole fleet of tiny ships sailing or rowing across the countless pages of the #PrizePapers documents...

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We are expanding the circle of our international partners to include one of the most renowned research and database projects in the world. We are happy to announce that the @prize_papers and @slavevoyages databases will be linked in future. Read more:

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Are you interested in mariners' letters? Sailors, captains, life at sea, maritime labour or simply how people wrote letters while defying the sea? Join us for our online workshop on 14-15 July, 2-6 pm, online, organized with @Marinelivesorg Register: /1

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Now online: papers from the British ship John & Constant, which was taken in 1745 near Ushant by two British privateers, called the Old Noll of Liverpool and the Dragon of Bristol. Wait. What? You read that correctly. British privateers took a British merchant ship. A thread /1

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From 8-10 September, the German Historical Institute London @ghilondon is hosting the conference "Things on the Move. Materiality of Objects in Global & Imperial Trajectories, 1700-1900" in collaboration with the @Prize_Papers Project at the GHIL. Program:

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An eventful week lies behind us; exciting times lie ahead of us! Last week, our teams from @UniOldenburg & @UkNatArchives met in London to talk about our plans for 2023. New discoveries, new events & new documents are coming - so stay tuned! #PrizePapers @adw_goe @Akademienunion

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Are you interested in songs that were sung on French ships during the 17th & 18th century? Due to popular demand, you can now watch & listen to the recording of the #PrizePapers Lunch Talk given by Éva Guillorel (Université Rennes 2) on 12 December here:

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Prize Papers Lunch Talk: Éva Guillorel: The circulation of French...

Prize Papers Lunch Talks: Online Lecture Series of the Prize Papers Project (Oldenburg/London/Göttingen) organized by Dagmar Freist, Amanda Bevan and Lucas H...

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Prize Papers Project

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Dear Prize Papers aficionado/a/*/s, we will be digitizing the collection & making it available online piece by piece-the first images will be ready for you some time in 2019. We promise to work fast, & to keep you updated!

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In 1748, the Santa Catharina, bound from Basra to Bengal, was captured, carrying documents in Armenian, Persian and Ottoman Turkish. Some are now housed at @britishlibrary & the rest at @UkNatArchives . Join us Monday as we discuss these unique documents:

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The Prize Papers Talks are back! The Online Lecture Series of the Prize Papers Project. We are happy to invite you to join us during our first talk by Guillaume Calafat @g_calafat on Monday, 4 December, 3-4 pm CET. Info, programme and registration:

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A quest, brave #Twitterstorians ! Are you the One who can read this letter? Like, what it says? Fame & Glory await you!

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Next Monday - next Lunch Talk! Next week, our dear former colleague Annika Raapke @mouseemperor @uniGoettingen will give us insights into “Unorthodox Purchases. Women of Colour and the 18th Century French Caribbean Pacotille Trade”. Join us! Monday, 1pm (CET). Contact @LHaasis

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Today is the day! From 8-10 September, the @ghilondon is hosting the conference "Things on the move. Materiality of Objects in Global & Imperial Trajectories, 1700-1900" in collaboration with the @Prize_Papers Project #ThingsontheMove Programme:

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Prize Papers Project

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What is the first thing you should pack for your sea voyage? The Court Ladies Sticking Plaister, of course! Sticks so fast, the Hands or Face may be washed without the least Inconvenience to the Part affected! (The plaster is still in the wrapper). #PrizePapers

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Prize Papers Project

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Great things are happening here! Camilla Camus-Doughan, Project Conservator and @maria_kardamoon (behind the camera), Imaging Operator at work @UkNatArchives This is what working with the #PrizePapers looks like! #funwithletters #letterpackets #materiality We wish you a good day!

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Prize Papers Project

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TODAY, THESE TWO HAVE FINALLY MADE IT OFFICIAL! Our own @LHaasis has submitted his PhD Thesis on #PrizePapers merchant and @hamburg_de Senator Nicolaus Gottlieb Luetkens! We are SO proud of him!

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Today, the team had the honour of entering several bills of lading for a Michel Foucault into the database. Our staff treated them with professional detachment. Nobody was overly excited, and nobody mentioned time-travel. Nobody. Like, absolutely not.

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Many documents in the #PrizePapers @UkNatArchives bear witness to & provide harrowing insights into the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Thank you @NicholasRadburn and the team @slavevoyages for your crucial work. A highly relevant thread in response to the latest @nytimes report

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One of the enslavers featured in the recent @nytimes report was Jean-Joseph Laborde (1724-1794), whose descendants received the largest payout. Many of his papers are held @UkNatArchives in @Prize_Papers and they shed light on the thousands of people he enslaved 🧵

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Boredom seems to be fairly common these days. But how bored are you really? Are you as bored as Captain Lavernet?! Check out his excellent bird doodles below-and if yours are better, send us a picture, or send us your favourite historical doodles! #PrizePapers #Akademienprogramm

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In 1689, a woman named Margaret, who lived in St Malo, told her brother in Ireland: "I intended to send you a new hatt, but I am advised to the contrary, untill better times". 😕 @Oj_finn #PrizePapers

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In the current debate, the connection between European wealth, money and Slavery may sometimes be presented as somewhat abstract and indirect. Just look at this Bill of Exchange, made out in 1794, enabling the payment of 1000 guilder (in Amsterdam) for an enslaved woman.

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Prize Papers Project

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🔥 We are back! 📢 The Prize Papers Lunch Talks 📆 15 November 21 - 14 February 22 ⏰ Mondays, online on Webex 🤝 @prize_papers @Akademienunion @UkNatArchives @adw_goe @UniOldenburg ➡️ Info/register: ➡️ Full Programme: ➡️ Info🧵

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Imagine you are invited to King George's birthday party. You found the perfect outfit! But then! All your garments are stolen! Bad luck for Bavarian Count von Haslang, lots of luck for research student Justin Schröder who wrote his BA thesis about it:

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Yesterday, our very own @FrankMarquardt_ passed his viva with distinction. He wrote his PhD thesis on Moravians in colonial dynamics, supervised by Prof. @dagmar_freist and Prof. Gisela Mettele. The book is due for publication next year. We are very proud of him! #sillyhatday

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We are pleased to announce the extension of our @Prize_Papers photography exhibition "Captured. The Materiality of Prize Papers" on display @ghilondon until 23 December. If you haven't seen it yet, visit 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NJ, weekdays 9.30am - 5pm.

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Are you interested in songs sung on French ships in the 17th and 18th centuries? Join us during our 5th #PrizePapers #LunchTalk by Éva Guillorel (Université Rennes 2), on Monday, 12 December, 1-2 pm CET. Registration:

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As of today, there are two #PrizePapers doctoral caps: @LHaasis triumphantly passed his viva this morning! (All cap applause is owed to @Ch_Beckers )

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This week, the Prize Papers team met in Berlin for the Academies' Day, a major collective event of the eight Academies of Sciences united in the @Akademienunion . During this event, the academies showcased their research work & invited the public to engage in meaningful dialogue.

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Prize Papers in Primary School? Of course! Currently, pupils of a 3rd grade class at the Paul-Maar-School in Oldenburg are testing teaching material developed by @DrBakenhus @UniOldenburg The children are excited! ℹ️ 📸

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Massive trove of centuries-old undelivered mail seized by British warships going online

Massive trove of centuries-old undelivered mail seized by British warships going online | CBC Radio

A massive trove of undelivered mail seized by British warships offers a rare glimpse into the lives of "ordinary men, women and children," says Dagmar Freist, director of the Prize Papers project.

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#twitterstorians , take a good look at these playing cards which our own @Oj_finn has unearthed... if you want to know how they were used, the last document may help you #PrizePapers

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The Concordia is the gift that keeps on giving, even judging by #PrizePapers standards - containing, for example, the following works of art & the 'chocolate' shopping list of the ship's cook. @LHaasis can talk about the Concordia for 2 days without even drawing breath...

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Andrew Janes

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H is for heart. ♥️ This Jack of Hearts playing card was among papers seized from a ship called the Concordia, captured in 1758. @UKNatArchives 📂 HCA 32/176F #ArchiveZ @Prize_Papers

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This week we hosted a Spanish delegation from @CeuElcano @Museo_Naval to discuss potential avenues of cooperation with the @Prize_Papers Project @UkNatArchives and at the University of Oldenburg. We are thankful for the fruitful discussions and look forward to the next steps

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Cátedra Internacional CEU Elcano

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Ayer mantuvimos nuestra primera reunión del año con @Museo_Naval para dar forma a nuestra colaboración con @Prize_Papers . Objetivo: crear una red de investigadores en torno a la documentación de los Archivos de la @Armada_esp y de @UkNatArchives

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What details are in a prize appeal? Below are typical papers, in this case relating to the St Jean de Lone, a French Première République ship, bound from Pondicherry->L'Orient in 1793, carrying pepper, sugar and dyewood. It was intercepted by British privateers en route /1

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Prize Papers Project

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Until we all get a clean👇BILL OF HEALTH👇again, the #PrizePapers project has gone into full home office mode, with all of us working separately, but as quickly as possible so that you can enjoy the first batch of documents soon! #akademienprogramm

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The prize appeals also cover the transatlantic slave trade. The American ship New Adventure carried 97 enslaved people from Gorée, Senegal to Havana in 1798. It was captured by a British privateer en route and the enslaved people carried to the Bahamas, to be sold as prize /1

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May 1793; Revolutions in St Domingue & in France. Claudine Goa sends her mother, the free black Citoyenne Julie Chatelard in St. Domingue, a letter from Bordeaux with some money, 3 pairs of boots, and the love of her baby daughter Aurore. #InternationalWomensDay #womenshistory

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

Prize appeals are fantastic sources for the lives of sailors and for seafaring during the Age of Revolutions. Below is a translated muster roll from the Portuguese ship Urbano, which was captured by the British in 1814 off Sierra Leone. It gives many details about the crew👇 /1

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

3 years

Klaxon! Join us for our public Lunch Talks every other Monday (starting 23 Nov.) and let our brilliant guests, including @SchotteMargaret , @jellevanlottum @muller_leos , tell you about their work on the #PrizePapers .Organised by Dagmar Freist and Lucas Haasis @LHaasis . Info below!

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Prize Papers Project

4 months

We are back! On Monday, we will welcome Hilde Neus @NeusHilde (University of Suriname) for the Prize Papers Talks. Hilde will talk about "Susanna du Plessis; Myth or Monster. A cruel Plantation Mistress in Suriname." Register here:

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The Prize Papers Talks

Online Lecture Series of the Prize Papers Project (Oldenburg/London/Göttingen)

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

5 years

So much to explore at the #PrizePapers Materiality Workshop with @UkNatArcRes ...

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Prize Papers Project

5 years

A pattern, cut out of used paper to allow the production of shoes for a faraway, and now long-forgotten, foot. Lots of these are waiting for us in the #PrizePapers

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

1 year

Today, as part of the exciting opera event, we open our brand-new exhibition "The Prize Papers in 10 Photographs", now on display on the first floor of @UkNatArchives curated in collaboration with TNA Events & Exhibitions. Visit us on-site or online:

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@UkNatArchives

The National Archives

1 year

We are delighted to announce we are hosting a special, one-off performance of opera music from the 18th century on March 16th, 2023! Book your tickets:

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

5 years

Whole lotta foldin' goin' on at the #PrizePapers materiality workshop at @UkNatArchives with @letterlocking , @UkNatArcRes , @LHaasis and @troplawi . Images by our own @maria_kardamoon

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

5 years

THIS,my friends, is... a #PrizePapers family reunion: @DutchPrizePaper & @Prize_Papers met in Amsterdam today! Thank you so much, @lexhvv01 , @jellevanlottum , Marijcke Schillings & @rutgervankoert for a wonderful time!

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

We are happy to announce the return of the @Prize_Papers Lunch Talks – our online lecture series – on November 14. We are looking forward to nine sessions full of insights & discussions about the #PrizePapers & much more! Full programme & registration:

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The Prize Papers Lunch Talks

Online Lecture Series of the Prize Papers Project (Oldenburg/London)

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

May we have your attention please. We are looking for someone who can read Burmese.

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Oliver Finnegan

2 years

A plea for help from #twitterstorians : I am working out where this misplaced document belongs, which I believe to be a ship's pass c.1790. It is ripped and the important information is in Kannada. Is anyone proficient in the language able to give me a rough idea of what it says?

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

2 months

On Monday, we welcome @GabyRobilliard for the Prize Papers Talks. Paper: Sailors and Their Things: Material culture of ship life in the eighteenth century. 3pm CET (2pm GMT, 9am EST). Register:

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The Prize Papers Talks

Online Lecture Series of the Prize Papers Project (Oldenburg/London/Göttingen)

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

Two personal letters by French sailors, taken from the ship John & Constant. The first (below) is from M. Lefevre to Marie-Anne Hotée in Brest, in which he memorably writes ‘like a gunner sets fire to his cannon, I want to set fire to your love’. Spicy. /1

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Prize Papers Project

5 months

Yesterday evening, we went to the Oldenburg Christmas market to say thank you to our fabulous research students – the backbone of the project and the future of Prize Papers research. Who else thinks these brilliant students deserve a lot of likes?

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Prize Papers Project

11 months

Another exciting conference is behind us. "Early Modern Maritime Data & Global Economic History". Many thanks for the invitation to Catia Antunes @UniLeiden & Maria Fusaro @UniofExeter & for assembling such a wonderful group of international speakers. Important plans were made!

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Prize Papers Project

5 years

When soldiers were transferred to other regiments, identification was important. #PrizePapers records state that Germain Jacques, 26, height 5ft 2 thumbs, had an oval face, a long, pointed nose, medium-sized mouth, cleft chin, brown hair &eyebrows,& a black beard. #EverydayPeople

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

2 years

World premiere! As part of our exhibition "Captured" & in collaboration with @letterlocking & @ghilondon , we are hosting an online event on 28 Oct. at 3pm on the Sjælland Letters, a letter collection @UkNatArchives showing unique letterlocking techniques

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The Sjælland Letters - Prize Papers Letterlocking World Premiere

Unique letter formats and letterlocking techniques found in the Prize Papers collection

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Prize Papers Project

10 months

Today, we were happy & honored to welcome Prof. Pamelo Maseko (history @MandelaUni ) & Prof. Muki Moeng (education @MandelaUni ) and introduce them to the @Prize_Papers Project @UniOldenburg & @UkNatArchives We are grateful for the interest & the lively discussion. Plans were made!

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Mandela University

10 months

Thread: 25 years of cooperation with Nelson Mandela University - a success story The University of Oldenburg @UniOldenburg has been cooperating with Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, South Africa, since 1998. [1]

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

6 months

Join us on Tuesday, November 7 for the opening of our new exhibition "The Prize Papers & Transatlantic Slavery. On Exploitation, Human Suffering & Injustice" in Berlin, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Gendarmenmarkt #Akademientag2023 @Akademienunion

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

#PrizePapers coming to primary school! Together with our new cooperation partner @DrBakenhus from the Institute for Pedagogy (Sachkunde) #ScienceTeachinginPrimarySchool @UniOldenburg , Frank Marquardt introduced the students to the #PrizePapers . Cast off, exciting projects ahead!

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Prize Papers Project

5 years

Peter Fox, Ladies and Gentlemen, wearing at present a flaxen periwig. Very plausable in company, a great gambler, and seldom without a ball of dyce in his pockett...watch out for his black quick nimble eye!!

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

56 of the letters were in Spanish, sent by men and women in #SanSebasti án, #Pasaia , #Azpeitia and #Hernani . The majority were addressed to sailors of the Real Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas in Venezuela, a #Basque trading company.

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

2 years

With our partners @UkNatArchives , the @Prize_Papers Project digitizes the entire #HCA 30,32,45 collections of the #PrizePapers & will present the images in an #openaccess research portal. With brilliant colleagues such as @Oj_finn we do our share in making these records available

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Oliver Finnegan

2 years

Uncatalogued, filthy High Court of Admiralty records from 1624. Perched atop is a collection of cargo manifests for French and Spanish ships involved in Caribbean trade. 95% of the materials @UkNatArchives covering European colonialism and overseas exchange have never been used.

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

A big thank you to Tobias Hodel @thist_be who spent the day with us discussing and testing @Transkribus An exciting and productive day!

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

4 years

Greetings, twitter friends! May we interest you in the ship L' Océan, captured for you out of a sea of prizes by our own @Oj_finn ? Over the next few weeks, you'll hear more about her, beginning with her auction by the candle in 1742.

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Prize Papers Project

4 years

Yes! Letters, notes and notebooks in the #PrizePapers . Believe it or not, but this is supposed to be a cat doodle...

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@Adam_Crymble

Adam Crymble

4 years

Is there an 18th century equivalent of Twitter? Where people vent, assume everyone thinks like them, and occasionally share images of cats?

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Prize Papers Project

4 years

Service tweet: if you're looking to transport something by carriage from Falmouth to Exeter or from Exeter to London, here is a handy overview of the prices in March 1744.

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Prize Papers Project

1 year

Thank you to everyone who attended the opera event & the opening of the @Prize_Papers exhibition, which is now on display @UkNatArchives ! We thank Natalie Brown in particular for her hospitality & all the guests for their great interest & lively discussions – a wonderful evening!

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@Prize_Papers

Prize Papers Project

1 year

Today, as part of the exciting opera event, we open our brand-new exhibition "The Prize Papers in 10 Photographs", now on display on the first floor of @UkNatArchives curated in collaboration with TNA Events & Exhibitions. Visit us on-site or online:

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

Today, we are opening the photography exhibition “Captured. The Materiality of the Prize Papers” presenting the work of @maria_kardamoon @ghilondon . On display 12 September - 4 November. Learn more about the exhibition & the HCA objects @UkNatArchives :

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Prize Papers Project

2 years

Today is the day! From 8-10 September, the @ghilondon is hosting the conference "Things on the move. Materiality of Objects in Global & Imperial Trajectories, 1700-1900" in collaboration with the @Prize_Papers Project #ThingsontheMove Programme:

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