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Folios 226-227: Joseph Pearce, HMS Vulture, Humber. States the case of Thomas Youll,...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2332/91

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This record is about the Folios 226-227: Joseph Pearce, HMS Vulture, Humber. States the case of Thomas Youll,... dating from 1807 Sept 20 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 1/2332/91
Date
1807 Sept 20
Description

Folios 226-227: Joseph Pearce, HMS Vulture, Humber. States the case of Thomas Youll, pressed from the Fame of Hull on her return from a voyage to St Petersburg. He is 39, states that he was brought up as servant. He had no Protection. His claim to be a groom was thought to be a way of avoiding HM service. He is of the opinion he had not been to sea before.

Folios 228-229: enclosure with folios 226-227. Letter dated 15 September 1807 from Robert Galland, Attorney, Hull, to the Admiralty. Joseph Smith of Market Weighton in Yorkshire has applied to him to ask for the release of Thomas Youll, a Landsman impressed out of the Fame, Captain Ruston, from St Petersburg to Hull by HMS Vulture. He was in the service of Mr Smith as a groom who has for many years exported horses from England to Russia and Thomas Youll was returning home and has never been at sea except in the capacity of a groom.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap P116
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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