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Folios 325-326: Robert Mends, HMS Assistance, Portsmouth. As directed by Mr Yorke...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2166/85

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This record is about the Folios 325-326: Robert Mends, HMS Assistance, Portsmouth. As directed by Mr Yorke... dating from 1811 July 25 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 1/2166/85
Date
1811 July 25
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Folios 325-326: Robert Mends, HMS Assistance, Portsmouth. As directed by Mr Yorke he is sending a birth certificate and reference of good conduct for his 'young relation' [note on rear says he is also called Mends] who is a candidate for entry to the Portsmouth Naval College. He has been at sea with Mends for about a year and assures their Lordships that he is a very 'fine and well-disposed' boy.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M778
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12830893/

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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames M; 1811, numbers 676-850. (Described at item level)

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