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Folios 227-228: Benjamin Carter, Regulating Captain, Liverpool. Reply to letter dated...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1658/37

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ADM 1/1658/37
Date
1810 June 21
Description

Folios 227-228: Benjamin Carter, Regulating Captain, Liverpool. Reply to letter dated 19 June 1810. States as represented in his letter dated 9 June 1810 that:- (1) James Harvey was impressed by Lieutenant Evans as an Ordinary [Seaman], aged 27, born in New London. He was taken on positive information as being married to the Daughter of a Mr Gough Rigger of this Town and that his real name is Allen. (2) John Card was impressed by Lieutenant Evans on 10 June 1810 as an Able [Seaman], aged 26, born in Woolwich. The enclosed protection for John Card second was produced the word second he seamed ignorant of. He had just arrived in a Packet from Dublin and when pressed was in the company with a Woman who said she was his wife, that her maiden name was Mary Wilson and that she was born in the Isle of man. (3) Arthur Hughes was impressed by Lieutenant Evans on 10 June 1810 as an Ordinary [Seaman], aged 21, born in Hempstead. He came here on the Austria, Captain Jackson, from Lisbon, who said he came there in the Peggy from New York and that he worked his passage from Lisbon with him to go to see his friends in Ireland of which he was a native. (4) David Underhand was impressed by Lieutenant Evans on 25 May 1810 as an Ordinary [Seaman], aged 18, born in Topham. He came here from London in the Manhattan the cook of which vessel assured the Lieutenant that Underhand was a native of London. he had no protection. (5) Russel Brainard was impressed by Lieutenant Evans on 20 February 1810 as an Ordinary [Seaman], aged 21, born in Connecticut. He came here in the Richmond from Philadelphia a strong information was given by a shipmate named Jonathan Gregson that he was a British Subject. (6) The name of Niana Perry does not appear on the Books of this Rendezvous. (7) John Albert was Impressed by Lieutenant Evans on 25 February 1810 as an Ordinary [Seaman], aged 28, born in New Jersey. He was taken on information of a man named Lolley (Cook of the Union) who said he was born in Jamaica which he left about four years since, which he did confess to. (8) Nicholas Watters was impressed by Lieutenant Evans on 10 April 1810 as an Able [Seaman], aged 27, born in Philadelphia. He came here in the Ralevara from Amelia Island and information stated him to be a native of the West of England. Lieutenant Evans says no protection was produced.

Folio 229: enclosure with folios 227-228. Protection Certificate for Arthur Hughes. dated 5 December 1809.

Folio 230: enclosure with folios 227-228. Protection Certificate for David Underhand, dated 10 March 1806.

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Former department reference
Cap C342
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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