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Folios 119-120: Robert Pearson, Cricket near Chard, Somerset. Recounts the details...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2331/54
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This record is about the Folios 119-120: Robert Pearson, Cricket near Chard, Somerset. Recounts the details... dating from 1806 July 3 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)
- 1806 July 3
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Folios 119-120: Robert Pearson, Cricket near Chard, Somerset. Recounts the details of his 32 years' service in the Navy, in view of his failing health now asks to be retired with a pension. Mentions Captain Philip d'Auvergne, Prince of Bouillon, Captain Sir Home Riggs Popham, HMS Princessa, HM Armed Lugger Daphnae, HMS Fury, America, the West Indies, Falmouth, France, Reval [Talinn], the Gulf of Finland, the Texel. Endorsed by Admiral Lord [Hood?] to say Commander Pearson's statements about his health are correct.
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Folios 119-120: Robert Pearson, Cricket near Chard, Somerset. Recounts the details...
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