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Folios 191-192: d'Arcy Preston, Regulating Captain, Whitby. Encloses weekly return...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2326/69

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This record is about the Folios 191-192: d'Arcy Preston, Regulating Captain, Whitby. Encloses weekly return... dating from 1803 Nov 12 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 1/2326/69
Date
1803 Nov 12
Description

Folios 191-192: d'Arcy Preston, Regulating Captain, Whitby. Encloses weekly return [no longer present]. Reply to 8th letter saying his return is only for shore service as he hasn't a vessel fitted for sea. The five man boats laid up at Scarborough for the winter could be converted into gun boats. Is unsuccessful in persuading the townsfolk to fit out a ship for their defence.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap P285
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12839241/

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ADM 1

Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames P: 1803, numbers 201-345. (Described at item level)

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Folios 191-192: d'Arcy Preston, Regulating Captain, Whitby. Encloses weekly return...

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