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Folios 253-254: Sir Erasmus Gower, HMS Triumph, Spithead. Reports Henry Edward Davis,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1843/100
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This record is about the Folios 253-254: Sir Erasmus Gower, HMS Triumph, Spithead. Reports Henry Edward Davis,... dating from 1796 Dec 24 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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- 1796 Dec 24
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Folios 253-254: Sir Erasmus Gower, HMS Triumph, Spithead. Reports Henry Edward Davis, late Edward Mullis was sent to HMS Triumph from HMS Royal William, 27 January 1795. Is a volunteer and received the Kings Bounty deserted 19 December. Aged 22 years, five foot seven inches tall. Has a speech impediment and is from Bath. Was formerly in the army and obtained discharge for feigning lunacy. Davis’s father is a tradesman and lives near Bath. Says The Duke of Clarence and York has business with his father who got him a commission for the Marines. The father wrote requesting he discharge his son as he would give him a commission for the army. Father and son are in |London soliciting appointments by applying to Mr Thomas Lloyd, General Post Office where he directed his father’s letters.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap G119
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- English
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Folios 253-254: Sir Erasmus Gower, HMS Triumph, Spithead. Reports Henry Edward Davis,...
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