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Folios 379-380: Robert Mends, Superintendent of Prison ships, Portsmouth. Reply to...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2176/131
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This record is about the Folios 379-380: Robert Mends, Superintendent of Prison ships, Portsmouth. Reply to... dating from 1814 May 23 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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- 1814 May 23
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Folios 379-380: Robert Mends, Superintendent of Prison ships, Portsmouth. Reply to letter 20 May. Encloses letter from Captain Edward Galway about his expenses for HMS Dryad on Spain's north coast when he was C-in-C [no longer present]. Says he ordered all General Porlin's [?] division to be embarked on the squadron. Says captains had the Spanish Officers at their table. He had the General on HMS Arethusa at £250. Agrees with Captain Galway's expenses.
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- Cap M201
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