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Folios 3-4: Charles Mitchell, HMS Griper, Harwich. Reply to letter dated 2 May 1815,...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2179/2

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This record is about the Folios 3-4: Charles Mitchell, HMS Griper, Harwich. Reply to letter dated 2 May 1815,... dating from 1815 May 3 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 1/2179/2
Date
1815 May 3
Description

Folios 3-4: Charles Mitchell, HMS Griper, Harwich. Reply to letter dated 2 May 1815, he states that William Forrest Able Seaman was impressed out of the Bucephalas[?] Merchant Brig on 17 April 1815 by Mr Thomas Reilly Master of HMS Griper. He was examined by the Surgeon and found to be fit. He is entered on the Books of HMS Griper where he now remains.

Folios 5-6: enclosure with folios 3-4. Letter dated 29 April 1815 by Mary Forrest, Newcastle, to the Admiralty. Requests her husband be discharged.

Folio 7: enclosure [attached to folios 5-6] with folios 3-4. Certificate dated 27 April 1815 stating that William Forrest was a Patient of the Newcastle Infirmary with Rheumatism 20 December 1813. Signed John Forster, House Surgeon. Newcastle.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M202
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12832606/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames M; 1815, numbers 201-400. (Described at item level)

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Folios 3-4: Charles Mitchell, HMS Griper, Harwich. Reply to letter dated 2 May 1815,...

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