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Folios 317-318: William Charleton, Regulating Captain, North Shields. Confirms that...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1641/91

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ADM 1/1641/91
Date
1805 Sept 20
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Folios 317-318: William Charleton, Regulating Captain, North Shields. Confirms that Robert Barry has been employed for some time as a Carpenter of a Transport ship and also on a West Indiaman. Advises that Barry was sent to the Nore on 16 September 1805.

Folio 319: enclosure with folios 317-318. Letter dated 15 September 1805, from John Marshall, Whitby to the Admiralty. Covering letter, enclosing the petition of Robert Barry.

Folios 320-321: enclosure with folio 319. Petition dated 15 September 1805, of Robert Barry, HMS Hope, Shields to the Admiralty. States that he was impressed on Wednesday 4 September 1805 near Sunderland, while travelling home to Whitby, and taken on board HMS Hope at Shields. Advises that he was going to Whitby to have a new ship built, having entered into a contract with John Barry, Shipbuilder for the hull to be built. Offers to find 1 seaman or 2 able-bodied men as substitutes for his room.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap C91
Legal status
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames C: 1805, numbers 1-199. (Described at item level)

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