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Folio 403: Samuel Colquitt, HMS Princess, Liverpool. Receipt of letter enclosing...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1645/137

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This record is about the Folio 403: Samuel Colquitt, HMS Princess, Liverpool. Receipt of letter enclosing... dating from 1806 Apr 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 1/1645/137
Date
1806 Apr 26
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Folio 403: Samuel Colquitt, HMS Princess, Liverpool. Receipt of letter enclosing an application from J Watson for the discharge of Joseph Owen, a volunteer landsman, having found a substitute. States that he says he is 16 years old and has been on board a flat [boat] employed in the river Mersey for 6 months. he appears to be a healthy active youth.

Folios 404-405: enclosure with folio 403. Letter dated 22 April 1806 from John Watson, Ironfounder, Liverpool, to William Marsden, Admiralty Office, London. Joseph Owen aged 13 years had begun a trade as a weaver and ran away from his mother. A fortnight ago he entered on board HMS Princess under Captain Colquitt. Asks whether a substitute would be accepted, in order to relieve an anxious widow.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap C349
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Map designation
>
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12794857/

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