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Folios 479-480: Kenneth Mckenzie, HMS Venus, in the Sleve. Sends copies of his orders...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2176/162
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- 1814 June 13
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Folios 479-480: Kenneth Mckenzie, HMS Venus, in the Sleve. Sends copies of his orders re. his letter 30 April except his orders to receive Ensign [Seymour Thomas] Bathurst. Also took Colonel Murray, Colonel Rhuan [?] and Colonel Stewart to Bordeaux, all complete stranger to him in his cabin as requested by Lord Keith and Vice Admiral Domett.
Folio 481: enclosed in folios 479-480. Orders dated 27 March 1814 by Vice-Admiral William Domett, HMS Salvador del Mondo, Plymouth. Transport Major General Sir William Ponsonby and staff to Spain after arriving at Plymouth. Eighty pounds expenses.
Folio 482: enclosed in folios 479-480. Letter dated 10 April 1814 by Rear Admiral Charles Penrose to Captain Mackenzie, HMS Venus. Ordered to bring Lord William Bussel to Plymouth with Marquis Wellington's orders. Twenty pounds expenses.
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- Cap M246
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- English
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames M: 1814, numbers 1-280. (Described at item level)
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Folios 479-480: Kenneth Mckenzie, HMS Venus, in the Sleve. Sends copies of his orders...
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