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Folios 265-266: James Cornwallis, HMS Sheerness, Portsmouth. Requests another else...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1623/111
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This record is about the Folios 265-266: James Cornwallis, HMS Sheerness, Portsmouth. Requests another else... dating from 1797 Dec 23 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 1/1623/111
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1797 Dec 23
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Folios 265-266: James Cornwallis, HMS Sheerness, Portsmouth. Requests another else is appointed to the room of John Lovett, junior Lieutenant. He has been at sick quarters since they arrived at port and his Surgeon says he is not likely to be able to return to sea.
Folios 267-268: enclosed with folios 265-266. Letter dated 19 December 1797 by Lieutenant George Wright, 1st Lieutenant of Marines, on board HMS Sheerness. Says the reason he was left behind was because when he was appointed he to HMS Sheerness he labored under a long pecuniary embarrassment in consequence of losses he sustained by a long captivity in France. Has rejoined the ship and been received by Captain Cornwallis. Seeks approval.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Cap C253
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames C: 1797, numbers 151-339. (Described at item level)
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