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Transferred to ADM 1/8998
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
Item
Folios 105-106: Henry Digby, HMS Alcmene, off the Berlings [Berlengas, Portugal]....
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1721/48
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This record is about the Folios 105-106: Henry Digby, HMS Alcmene, off the Berlings [Berlengas, Portugal].... dating from 1799 July 6 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 1/1721/48
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1799 July 6
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 105-106: Henry Digby, HMS Alcmene, off the Berlings [Berlengas, Portugal]. Covering letter for the enclosed letter to Earl St Vincent [Sir John Jervis (Viscount St Vincent)]. The Privateer mentioned sailed from Passage with le Bordelais French Ship Privateer and Le Grand Decide Brig, they were victualled for three months and were to return themselves & send their Prises to Passage.
Folios 107-108: enclosure with folios 105-106. Letter dated 6 July 1799 by Henry Digby, HMS Alcmene, to Earl St Vincent [Sir John Jervis (Viscount St Vincent)]. Letter with information from a neutral vessel of several large Privateers that had been hovering on the Coast of Portugal. [Gives details of courses, locations and dates].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Cap D61
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Folios 105-106: Henry Digby, HMS Alcmene, off the Berlings [Berlengas, Portugal]....
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