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Folios 215-216: Robert Mends, HMS Assistance, Portsmouth Harbour. Covering letter...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2173/70

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This record is about the Folios 215-216: Robert Mends, HMS Assistance, Portsmouth Harbour. Covering letter... dating from 1813 May 20 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 1/2173/70
Date
1813 May 20
Description

Folios 215-216: Robert Mends, HMS Assistance, Portsmouth Harbour. Covering letter for the enclosed Petition forwarded to him from Monsieur Lapinsonniere a French Prisoner of War on HMS Vengeance, whose Father is represented by Captain Lutyens of the 11th Light Dragoons to shew the greatest attention to himself and the other English Officers Prisoners of War at Amboise in France, as a mark of gratitude for the conduct of our Government towards him when a Prisoner of War in this Country, he being taken in the late Lord Rodney's Engage ment.

Folios 217-218: enclosure with folios 215-216. Petition [in French] of Monsieur Defapinsonniere Lieutenant Eu Service Francais, HMS Vengeance, Portsmouth. 18 May 1813.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M305
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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