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Folios 231-232: John Hamstead, London. Henry Sharp was impressed on board HMS Squirrel...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1920/102

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This record is about the Folios 231-232: John Hamstead, London. Henry Sharp was impressed on board HMS Squirrel... dating from 1799 Oct 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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ADM 1/1920/102
Date
1799 Oct 26
Description

Folios 231-232: John Hamstead, London. Henry Sharp was impressed on board HMS Squirrel from the merchant ship Rio Nova at Montego Bay Jamaica on 18 July [1799] and he appears to be the son of the petitioner John Sharp of Limehouse, a Waterman. Encloses his description.

Folio 233: enclosure with folios 231-232. Undated description from John Hamstead of Henry Sharp, 15 years of age, five feet high, fair complexion, pockmarked, light hair tied.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap H130
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12815112/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames H: 1799, numbers 1-350. (Described at item level)

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