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William Wellesley Pole. Messrs. B. Foyle and Company, the owners of Active brig letter...

Catalogue reference: ADM 354/233/183

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This record is about the William Wellesley Pole. Messrs. B. Foyle and Company, the owners of Active brig letter... dating from 1808 Oct 1.

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Reference
ADM 354/233/183
Date
1808 Oct 1
Description

William Wellesley Pole. Messrs. B. Foyle and Company, the owners of Active brig letter of marque, claim payment for services rendered by the ship and her master, Edward Oates. Captain H. Hotham on board Defiance off Corruna has certified that Oates delivered to him dispatches from Mr. Hunter at Gijon, addressed to Sir Hew Dalrymple, which Captain Hotham agreed to convey to Sir Charles Cotton on the Hibernia off the Tagus. A letter from Mr. Hunter to George Canning states that Oates volunteered to convey a dispatch from Hunter together with dispatches from the Junta to the Asturian Deputies in London. Mr. Oates in a letter from Greenwich writes that he gave up his cruise of the French coast to deliver the dispatches from Gijon to London. Opine that the ship's owners should be paid four hundred pounds.

Held by
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
Former department reference
ADM B/233
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10273144/

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William Wellesley Pole. Messrs. B. Foyle and Company, the owners of Active brig letter...