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Folios 329-330: John Clements, Regulating Officer, Leith. Is sending a letter from...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1626/173
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This record is about the Folios 329-330: John Clements, Regulating Officer, Leith. Is sending a letter from... dating from 1799 May 10 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 1/1626/173
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1799 May 10
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 329-330: John Clements, Regulating Officer, Leith. Is sending a letter from Mr Robertson, Magistrate in Banff, about the attacks for enemy privateers. He is sending the logs of HMS Pincher and Safeguard who were cruising off this coast and have now been ordered to Buchaness and Montrose and also the log of HMS Meteor who has been with the convoy of Greenlandmen from Dunbar. Lieutenant Pearson of HMS Meteor spoke to HMS Safeguard and Pincher and Captain Clayton of HMS Prince William spoke to them off Aberdeen where they said they had chased privateers but could not reach her. There are no other gunships available.
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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 C173
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12793700/
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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