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Folios 541-542: Samuel Colquitt, HMS Princess, Liverpool. Reply to 24 August letter...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1648/181
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This record is about the Folios 541-542: Samuel Colquitt, HMS Princess, Liverpool. Reply to 24 August letter... dating from 1807 Aug 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1807 Aug 26
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Folios 541-542: Samuel Colquitt, HMS Princess, Liverpool. Reply to 24 August letter enclosing an unsigned request for John McCulloch’s discharge. Says he’s discharged him as he’s fifty six and laboring under the infirmities mentioned in the letter.
Folios 543-544: enclosed with folios 541-542. Liverpool 22 August 1807. Writing for John McCulloch, Publican, impressed and on board HMS Princess. Says he is 56 years old and labors under infirmities which its hoped are sufficient to justify his discharge. He is very deaf, nearly blind and has three small motherless children who will become destitute. With only a woman servant to take care of them and the House wouldn’t be able to pay the fifty pounds rent plus taxes. Requesting John McCulloch’s discharge.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap C407
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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