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Folios 352-353: William Parker, HMS Amazon, Spithead. He is sending the private signals...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2330/140

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This record is about the Folios 352-353: William Parker, HMS Amazon, Spithead. He is sending the private signals... dating from 1805 Sept 19 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 1/2330/140
Date
1805 Sept 19
Description

Folios 352-353: William Parker, HMS Amazon, Spithead. He is sending the private signals of the Post Office packet which he got off the Eurydice which he boarded on 14 August 1805. Mr Compton said he used the signals to different Men O War and they had been given him by a master of a packet whose name he had forgotten.

Folio 354: enclosure with folios 352-353. Dated 14 August 1805. The Eurydice, Master C Compton bound for Surinam, was boarded.

Folio 355: enclosure with folios 352-353. Drawings of signal flags and meanings of the private signals of the Post Office packets.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap P250
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames P: 1805, numbers 101-276. (Described at item level)

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