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Folios 266-267: Edward Pellew, HMS Indefatigable, off Mount's Bay. Reporting that...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2316/115

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This record is about the Folios 266-267: Edward Pellew, HMS Indefatigable, off Mount's Bay. Reporting that... dating from 1798 May 4 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 1/2316/115
Date
1798 May 4
Description

Folios 266-267: Edward Pellew, HMS Indefatigable, off Mount's Bay. Reporting that Alexander Carlisle, Robert Garland and James Brown were prisoners on board the Emilie French privateer having been captured in the American ship Columbus. Gilbert Prince who was captured by the same French privateer from the General Grey, an English South Whaler is by birth an East Indian and cannot be called an American in spite of obtaining a certificate to prevent his being impressed.. The other 3 are suspected of buying American certificates for money.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap P124
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12837797/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames P: 1798, numbers 1-150. (Described at item level)

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