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Folios 201-202: Frederick Paul Irby, HMS Amelia, Spithead. As ordered by Admiral...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1995/81
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This record is about the Folios 201-202: Frederick Paul Irby, HMS Amelia, Spithead. As ordered by Admiral... dating from 1808 Nov 30 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 1/1995/81
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1808 Nov 30
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Folios 201-202: Frederick Paul Irby, HMS Amelia, Spithead. As ordered by Admiral Sir Charles Cotton Bart. he reports the arrival of HMS Amelia at this anchorage with Lieutenant General Sir Harry Burrard Bart. and Suite having sailed from Lisbon on 19 November 1808. He also informs that he brought home under confinement Mr John Sutherland, Master of the Transport Brig Friends B.B. charged with the Murder of Richard Wilson a Boy belonging to the said Brig and have forwarded by the Port the Papers relative to the transaction as well as four other letters he received from Admiral Sir Charles Cotton.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap J30
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12826284/
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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