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Folios 247-248: William Charleton, Regulating Captain, North Shields. He gives details...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1647/89
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This record is about the Folios 247-248: William Charleton, Regulating Captain, North Shields. He gives details... dating from 1807 Feb 5 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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- 1807 Feb 5
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Folios 247-248: William Charleton, Regulating Captain, North Shields. He gives details regarding the impressment of Richard Bolam, Mate of the Isabella, by Lieutenant Mitchell. Information was laid by a shipmate that he was a deserter, but Captain Charleton believes that this may not be true and was an act of revenge.
Folio 249: enclosed with folios 247-248. Petition dated 29 January 1807 by Richard Bolam, Mate, the Isabella of Newcastle. He claims that he has never previously served in the navy and is not a deserter. He asks to be released.
Folio 250: enclosed with folios 247-248. Nicholas Fairles, Justice, North Shields. A formal certificate sworn on 4 November 1806 by Richard Forster, Master, the Isabella, confirming that Richard Bolam is Mate of the ship.
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- English
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames C: 1807, numbers 1-200. (Described at item level)
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Folios 247-248: William Charleton, Regulating Captain, North Shields. He gives details...
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