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Folios 483-484: Christopher Nixon, HMS Nightingale, Sheerness. Reports HMS Nightingale...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2236/184
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This record is about the Folios 483-484: Christopher Nixon, HMS Nightingale, Sheerness. Reports HMS Nightingale... dating from 1815 Aug 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1815 Aug 23
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Folios 483-484: Christopher Nixon, HMS Nightingale, Sheerness. Reports HMS Nightingale having been paid off this day he encloses a list of the Warrant Officers. With descriptions of their Characters.
Folio 485: enclosure with folios 483-484. List of Warrant Officers serving on board HMS Nightingale C Nixon Esq. Commanding Paid off at Sheerness 23 August 1815.
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- Cap N89
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- English
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