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Folios 563-564: Cooke & Halford [Navy Agents], 41 Norfolk Street. Refer to an enclosed...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2235/188
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This record is about the Folios 563-564: Cooke & Halford [Navy Agents], 41 Norfolk Street. Refer to an enclosed... dating from 1812 Nov 16 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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Folios 563-564: Cooke & Halford [Navy Agents], 41 Norfolk Street. Refer to an enclosed order concerning W J Napier and ask for the allowance to be paid.
Folio 565: enclosure with folios 563-564. Letter dated 25 September 1812 by Sir Robert Laurie, HMS Ajax, Palermo Bay. Writes to William John Napier, HMS Goshawk, directing him to take on board Major General Clinton and suite for a passage Alicante or another part of Spain
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