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Folios 632-633: Samuel Hood, HMS Courageux, Long Reach. Regarding Benjamin Clover,...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1922/241

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This record is about the Folios 632-633: Samuel Hood, HMS Courageux, Long Reach. Regarding Benjamin Clover,... dating from 1800 June 7 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 1/1922/241
Date
1800 June 7
Description

Folios 632-633: Samuel Hood, HMS Courageux, Long Reach. Regarding Benjamin Clover, landsman on HMS Zealous, applying for discharge on condition of finding a man in his room, Hood explains he has served since 1796, always done his duty and has offered a man who is more able, brought up as a waterman and has been to the East Indies.

Folios 634-635: enclosure with folios 632-633. Letter dated 1 June 1800 from Hood to Hammond seeking his help to settle the matter.

Folios 636-637:enclosure with folios 632-633. Letter dated 1 May from Clover to Sir Andrew Hammond, Comptroller of His Majesty's Navy [and MP for Ipswich] explaining the reasons for seeking his discharge because of the distressed state of his family and seeking a speedy response;

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap H327
Legal status
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames H: 1800, numbers 1-350. (Described at item level)

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