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Folios 416-418: Richard Heriot Barclay, 5 Trafalgar Place, Worthing. Explains that...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1557/235

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This record is about the Folios 416-418: Richard Heriot Barclay, 5 Trafalgar Place, Worthing. Explains that... dating from 1814 Aug 17 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 1/1557/235
Date
1814 Aug 17
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Folios 416-418: Richard Heriot Barclay, 5 Trafalgar Place, Worthing. Explains that his answers to queries on ports or harbours, possessed by the enemy on Lake Ontario, are given on information and not local knowledge as he had been sent to Lake Erie as soon as Sir Samuel Sykes arrived at Kingston. Mentions the port Niagara [now possessed by the British], and gives information on the ship building capability at Sacketts Harbour, Oswego, Genesse, Lodus and the river Niagara. Mentions the USS Oneida, 18 guns, which was built at Oswego.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap B445a
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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