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The Prize Papers Project is dedicated to the study and digitization of the Prize Papers collection stored at The National Archives, UK. It is a based at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, and the National Archives, UK.
Learn more: www.prizepapers.de

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Congratulations to Suzanne Foxley, former researcher @prizepapers.bsky.social for her impressive viva today and her highly innovative and interesting PhD „The American Experience of British Prize Jurisdiction, 1776-1804“ #earlymodern and to Dr Amanda Bevan @UkNatArchives for her great support.

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"Archival silence" is shorthand for impt perspectives on bias & erasure in archival collections, and the implications for historical analysis & narratives.

I wrote an brief intro. to the inverse, archival shouting & the outsized attention to some materials. 🗃️ www.historians.org/research-and...

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Amazing what research questions can be sparked off by a 200 years old knitted jumper found in the @prize_papers #earlymodern #history ranging from knitting and colouring techniques to communication practices as signs of emotion for those absent, ideas of fashion to name but a few

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I just love this project. Recovery of everyday life through objects and letters sent back home that never made it home.

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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
#earlymodern #history 🗃️

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All the materials featured come from the Prize Papers, which survive at the UK National Archives & will be digitised by @prizepapers.bsky.social (Academy of Sciences Lower Saxony / Akademienunion). Keep a look out this year for when we make all of these materials available online: prizepapers.de

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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 were taken by Maria Cardamone & the packages were first discovered by Gustav Ängeby, Scandinavian Prize Papers Project. /10

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
#earlymodern #history 🗃️

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Today, the Transkribus User Conference #TUC24 started in Innsbruck! Frank Marquardt and Kristin Langefeld are looking forward to exciting workshops & conversations. If you have any questions about how we use Transkribus, simply ask them! #earlymodern #history #DH @transkribus.bsky.social 🗃️

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Unfortunately, today's Prize Papers Talk by Dr Gabrielle Robilliard-Witt has to be cancelled due to illness and postponed to March.

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In 1748, the Santa Catharina, bound from Basra to Bengal, was captured, carrying documents in Armenian, Persian & Ottoman Turkish. Some are now housed at the British Library & the rest at The National Archives, UK. Join us Monday as we discuss these unique documents: shorturl.at/hGHIZ
#earlymodern 🗃️

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On Monday, we will welcome Annabelle Lafuente (Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour UPPA) for the Prize Papers Talks: The CORBAN project: Letters between the Basque Country, its surroundings and the colonies during the wars of the 18th century. 🗃️ Register: www.eventbrite.de/e/the-prize-...

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But other ships that were captured were involved in the trade in enslaved people. We invite you to visit our online exhibitions on "Prize Papers and the Transatlantic Slave Trade", which is currently also on display in Berlin. materiality.prizepapers.de/exhibition/t...

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Thank you for your comment. In December, the Slave Voyages and Prize Papers Projects established the basis for cooperation: idw-online.de/de/news82594... All documents of the ship La Ninfa can be found in the Prize Papers Portal. No enslaved persons where on board the ship when it was captured.

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Magdalena Valiño and her two children, Ventura and Antonio, travelled on the Ninfa. Magdalena’s husband, Francisco Monllor, lived in Mexico and was the “Tallador Mayor” of the Real Casa de la Moneda. The document contains extracts from letters sent by Francisco Monllor. (9/12)

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For women, obtaining official passenger licenses was more complicated. They had to demonstrate that they had a husband or a close relative in the Americas who had explicitly asked them to cross the sea and reunite with them. (8/12)

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The official copy of the passenger license of Luis Laso de la Vega is located in the Archivo de Indias in Seville and can be consulted online. pares.mcu.es/ParesBusqued... (7/12)

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Luís Laso de la Vega also travelled with his brother Bernardo and a servant. The copy of the document that he had and was later confiscated by the privateers can be found in our portal. portal.prizepapers.de/fullscreen/p... (6/12)

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La Ninfa contains some examples of migration documents for people who fulfilled all criteria. One of them was issued for Luís Laso de la Vega, who had been appointed mayor of the town of San Luís de Potosí in Mexico. (5/12)

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In order to travel to America, Spaniards needed to apply for a licence. Only people who satisfied the criteria (Spanish nationality, Catholic religion, absence of Jewish or Muslim ancestors, no negative judicial record, not being black or Roma) could travel lawfully. (3/12)

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Theoretically, migration from mainland Spain to America was strictly regulated. The Leyes de Indias (Laws of the Indies) dictated that only natives of the kingdoms of Spain could migrate and settle in the Spanish possessions. (2/12)

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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)
#EarlyModern #History #Skystorians

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These texts offer a privileged glimpse into the daily lives and emotions of people from various social backgrounds and from different parts of the Spanish empire. This week we will highlight some of them, publishing different threads in Spanish and English. (5/6)

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since the Spanish and British empires were at war at the time. La Ninfa transported a wide collection of documents, including correspondence and mail in transit from mainland Spain to the Americas. (4/6)

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The documents were sent to a notary to be sorted and translated; some of them were later used as proof in the trial that would determine if the capture had been lawful. La Ninfa, a Spanish ship, was condemned as prize, (3/6)

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