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Folios 229-230: James Cornwallis, HMS Sheerness, Spithead. David Smith has been serving...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1625/107
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This record is about the Folios 229-230: James Cornwallis, HMS Sheerness, Spithead. David Smith has been serving... dating from 1798 Feb 26 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 1/1625/107
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1798 Feb 26
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 229-230: James Cornwallis, HMS Sheerness, Spithead. David Smith has been serving as Master at Arms, but when the ship was paid on 22 February 1798, the Commisioner refused to pay Mr Smith until his warrant was confirmed. Encloses the warrant he gave the Master at Arms, asks for it to be confirmed so that he can be paid.
Folio 231: enclosed with folios 229-230. Warrant dated 6 January 1797 issued by Captain James Cornwallis, HMS Sheerness, at sea, appointing David Smith as Master at Arms.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap C319
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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: 1798, numbers 221-401. (Described at item level)
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