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Folios 245-246: David Hotchkis, HMS Puissant, Spithead. He is sending a letter from...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1915/106
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This record is about the Folios 245-246: David Hotchkis, HMS Puissant, Spithead. He is sending a letter from... dating from 1796 Dec 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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- 1796 Dec 5
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Folios 245-246: David Hotchkis, HMS Puissant, Spithead. He is sending a letter from E.C.Hurry, regarding John Houghton, a Prisoner on board HMS Puissant and asks for directions.
Folios 247-248: enclosure with folios 245-246 dated 28 Nov 1796 from Edmund Cobb Hurry, Yarmouth, to Captain David Hotchkis, HMS Puissant. John Houghton, who is a prisoner onboard HMS Puissant, as a deserter, is the son of one of his tenants. He has been known to be insane since his infancy due to a hole at the back of his skull. He asks for this to be taken into consideration and for him to be released.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap H349
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- English
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