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Folios 92-93: Benjamin Hallowell, HMS Swiftsure, Lagos Bay. Regarding Richard Harper,...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1922/39

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This record is about the Folios 92-93: Benjamin Hallowell, HMS Swiftsure, Lagos Bay. Regarding Richard Harper,... dating from 1800 May 31 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 1/1922/39
Date
1800 May 31
Description

Folios 92-93: Benjamin Hallowell, HMS Swiftsure, Lagos Bay. Regarding Richard Harper, previously Boatswain on HMS Alemene who was appointed acting Boatswain on HMS Swiftsure by Lord Nelson on 13 August 1798 and whose conduct has always been highly meritorious, so Hallowell requests that he now be granted a Warrant as Boatswain.

Folio 94: enclosure with folios 92-93. Copy of the letter of appointment, signed by Sir Horatio Nelson K.B, HMS Vanguard off the Nile.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap H48
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12815593/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames H: 1800, numbers 1-350. (Described at item level)

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