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Copy letter from Charles Bicknell, Spring Garden Terrace to the Navy Board. Gives...

Catalogue reference: ADM 354/234/255

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This record is about the Copy letter from Charles Bicknell, Spring Garden Terrace to the Navy Board. Gives... dating from 1808 Dec 8.

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Reference
ADM 354/234/255
Date
1808 Dec 8
Description

Copy letter from Charles Bicknell, Spring Garden Terrace to the Navy Board. Gives his opinion on the rights of Sir John Eames in relation to the storehouses at St John's, Newfoundland, purchased by him from Dixon and Company in 1804 and expressed in the Grant to Dixons by Governor Elliott in 1786. Suggest consideration is given to pay for the value of the buildings or to give notice to Sir John Eames to remove them. Feels he has a fair claim for rent for the time the Government occupied the buildings, supposing he had not been given notice to remove them..

Enclosure

Held by
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
Former department reference
ADM B/234
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/C10273525/

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Copy letter from Charles Bicknell, Spring Garden Terrace to the Navy Board. Gives...