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Folios 357-358: John Osborn, HMS Trusty, Spithead. Confirming that the prisoner on...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2252/156
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- 1797 Jan 25
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Folios 357-358: John Osborn, HMS Trusty, Spithead. Confirming that the prisoner on board is a black man belonging to William [Nisse?] of St Helena, who escaped from there on HMS Monarch and whom he was now ordered to carry to his owners.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap O76
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12835121/
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