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Folios 485-486: Matthew Flinders, London. HMS Investigator Letter about my long [6...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1807/160
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This record is about the Folios 485-486: Matthew Flinders, London. HMS Investigator Letter about my long [6... dating from 1810 Oct 25 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 1/1807/160
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1810 Oct 25
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 485-486: Matthew Flinders, London. HMS Investigator Letter about my long [6 plus years] and extraordinary detention in the Isle of France, to give such particulars of my situation and efforts to obtain liberty. [Mentions:- Philip Gridley King, Mr Hugh Hope, Port Napoleon, Marquis Wellesley, Sir Edward Pellew, Lord Bentinck, Mr Hope]. [Total of three sides].
Folios 487-488: enclosure with folios 485-486. (1) Philip Gridley King, Governor of HM Territory of New South Wales. To Matthew Flinders, HMS Investigator, Dated 13 September 1810.
Folios 489-490: enclosure with folios 485-486. (2) Matthew Flinders, Port Napoleon, Isle of France. Dated 7 June 1810. Copy of Parole [With copy of the French Original].
Folios 491-492: enclosure with folios 485-486. (3) [Letter about the exchange of prisoners].
Folios 493-494: enclosure with folios 485-486. Matthew Flinders, London, To Admiralty, Dated 27 October 1810. In consequence of your letter dated 26 October 1810 I enclose a copy of His Excellency the marine minster of France directing my liberation.
Folios 495-496: enclosure with folios 485-486. [Letter in French] Monistrol, General de Isle de France. To Matthew Flinders. Dated 28 July 1807. (A true copy Mathew [Matthew] Flinders). [Two sides].
Folios 497-498: enclosure with folios 485-486. [Letter in French] Dacres, Ministere de la Marine - Bureau des Colonies Orientales er des Cotes d Afrique, Paris. Au Captain General des Isles de France et a la Reunion. Dated 21 March 1806. (A true copy Matthew Flinders [One side].
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap F202
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- English and French
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