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Folios 87-88: William Archibold, Regulating Officer, Liverpool. Responding to a letter...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2169/21

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This record is about the Folios 87-88: William Archibold, Regulating Officer, Liverpool. Responding to a letter... dating from 1812 Mar 29 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 1/2169/21
Date
1812 Mar 29
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Folios 87-88: William Archibold, Regulating Officer, Liverpool. Responding to a letter concerning three impressed men, David Williams, William Williams, alias James Crawford, and Thomas Wilcox.

Folios 89-90, enclosure with folios 87-88: letter dated 23 March 1812 from David Williams brother requesting permission to purchase his liberation from the service.

Folios 91-92, enclosure with folios 87-88: sworn statement dated 21 March 1812, that William Williams was apprenticed to a reed-maker, together with a petition to the Admiralty signed by John Williams, his father.

Folios 93-94, enclosure with folios 87-88: letter signed by John Holme, dated 24 March 1812, Liverpool, containing two affidavits made by Margaret Wilcox, mother of Thomas and Jane Wilcox, his sister, arguing that he was never at sea for the time required before being impressed and requesting his discharge.

Folio 95, enclosure with folios 93-94: sworn affidavit by Margaret Wilcox, dated 24 March 1812.

Folio 96, enclosure with folios 93-94: sworn affidavit by Jane Jones, sister of Thomas Wilcox, dated 24 March 1812.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M178
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12831201/

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