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Folios 288-289: James Nash, Regulating Captain, Leith Rendezvous. Reports that all...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2228/90
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Folios 288-289: James Nash, Regulating Captain, Leith Rendezvous. Reports that all of the men who were impressed from the True Heart and the Dove have now been discharged, except for three who agreed with Captain George McKinley of HMS Roebuck to remain. He himself discharged the five men referred to in the letter from Sarah Turner, on condition that they find a man for the boat's crew. Notes that despite what Captain William Shield says in his letter, they were not carrying protections as Sea Fencibles. The letter from Lord Pelham to the various Lord Lieutenants has only succeeded in bringing in a few extra men in his area and a few have been sent by the civil power in Edinburgh, but he is following his usual practice of asking each fishing boat to find one man.
Folios 290-291: enclosed with folios 288-289. Letter dated 17 Nov 1803 from Captain George McKinley, HMS Roebuck, Leith Roads, to Regulating Captain James Nash. Acknowledges his letter and reports that most of the fishing boats are carrying more men than they would in peace time. He has sent a statement of men raised to Vice Admiral Richard Rodney Bligh.
Folios 292-293: enclosed with folios 288-289. Letter dated 13 November 1803 from Captain William Shield, the Sea Fencibles, Harwich, to the Admiralty. Encloses two letters concerning members of the Sea Fencibles who have been impressed at Leith, asks for their discharge.
Folios 294-295: enclosed with folios 292-293. Letter dated 13 November 1803 from Sarah Turner, Harwich, to Captain William Shield, the Sea Fencibles. Her husband Samuel Turner, owner of the fishing boat True Heart, reports that five of his crew have been impressed in the Firth of Forth even though they had Captain Shield's protections as Sea Fencibles. Asks for his help in securing their discharge.
Folios 296-297: enclosed with folios 292-293. Letter dated 13 November 1803 from J Fennings of Harwich, owner of the fishing vessel Dove, to Captain William Shield, the Sea Fencibles. Reports that most of the crew were impressed when they arrived in Leith despite the fact that they had enrolled in the Sea Fencibles at Harwich and should have been protected. Asks him to secure their discharge.
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