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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 258-259: Granville Proby, HMS Amelia. Says James Callaway, Robert Woodford,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2326/91
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This record is about the Folios 258-259: Granville Proby, HMS Amelia. Says James Callaway, Robert Woodford,... dating from 1803 Dec 29 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803 Dec 29
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Folios 258-259: Granville Proby, HMS Amelia. Says James Callaway, Robert Woodford, Jeremy Southcott and Richard Matthews were taken with nine other men in an open boat of illegal dimension at the Isle of Wight which was sent to the Portsmouth Customs House and sawed in two, usual for smugglers. Says they were making for the English land not Alderney.
Folios 260-261: enclosed in folios 258-259. Letter dated 29 November 1803 by James Callaway, Robert Woodford, Jeremy Southcott and Richard Matthews, Ships Masters, HMS Amelia, Sheerness. Impressed by HMS Ameila from a Privateer that they were delivering from the Isle of Weight to Alderney for Oliver Merchant, Alderney owner. Say being Ships Masters they're exempt from impress and were told they would be put on land but haven't.
Folios 262-263: enclosed in folios 258-259. Letter dated 24 November 1803 by James Callaway, Robert Woodford, Jeremy Southcott and Richard Matthews, Ships Masters, HMS Amelia, Sheerness. They were bringing a Privateer from the Isle of Wight to its owner Oliver Merchant in Alderney until Lord Proby detained them. They believe they will be discharged. Say their property is being wasted because they can't attend to their business. They're protected persons and request their discharge.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap P314
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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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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