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Folios 120-121: James O'Hara, the Admiralty. Reports he has been told his petition...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2251/53
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This record is about the Folios 120-121: James O'Hara, the Admiralty. Reports he has been told his petition... dating from 1794 Apr 28 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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- 1794 Apr 28
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Folios 120-121: James O'Hara, the Admiralty. Reports he has been told his petition to the Crown has now been referred to the Admiralty. In it he explains that at the beginning of the war he opened and manned a rendezvous at his own expense, but was obliged to leave it because of a fistula, and Lord Sandwich later appointed him Regulating Captain at Hull. Asks if he can be put on the list of Superannuated Rear Admirals.
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- Cap O32
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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