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Folio 372: Thomas Alexander, HMS Colossus, off Brest. Lieutenant John Lindsay requests...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1453/174

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This record is about the Folio 372: Thomas Alexander, HMS Colossus, off Brest. Lieutenant John Lindsay requests... dating from 1811 July 12 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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ADM 1/1453/174
Date
1811 July 12
Description

Folio 372: Thomas Alexander, HMS Colossus, off Brest. Lieutenant John Lindsay requests to be superseded.

Folio 373: enclosed in folio 372. Letter dated 22 June 1811 by John Lindsay, HMS Colossus, off Brest to Captain Thomas Alexander, HMS Colossus. Asks to be superseded so he can go home to Kirkwall, Orkney as it has been 21 years since he left.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap A171
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12780689/

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