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Folios 259-260: Stephen Poyntz, HMS Solebay, Portsmouth. Encloses a letter from Daniel...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2315/106

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This record is about the Folios 259-260: Stephen Poyntz, HMS Solebay, Portsmouth. Encloses a letter from Daniel... dating from 1797 Aug 21 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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ADM 1/2315/106
Date
1797 Aug 21
Description

Folios 259-260: Stephen Poyntz, HMS Solebay, Portsmouth. Encloses a letter from Daniel O'Brien, Purser on HMS Solebay.

Folios 261-262: enclosure with folios 259-260. Letter dated 19 August 1797, from Daniel O'Brien, Portsmouth to Captain Stephen Poyntz, HMS Solebay, Portsmouth. States that due to ill health he cannot go to sea as a Purser and requests to be appointed to a ship in Ordinary.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap P271
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12837662/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames P: 1797, numbers 151-296. (Described at item level)

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Folios 259-260: Stephen Poyntz, HMS Solebay, Portsmouth. Encloses a letter from Daniel...

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