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HO 42. Letters and papers.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/42
Date: 1798 Jan 01-1798 Mar 31
HO 42. Letters and papers.
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Folio(s) 463-464. Letter from [Richard Ford] at Weymouth [Dorset] enclosing depositions...
Catalogue reference: HO 42/62/171
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This record is about the Folio(s) 463-464. Letter from [Richard Ford] at Weymouth [Dorset] enclosing depositions... dating from 1801 Sept 5 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1801 Sept 5
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Folio(s) 463-464. Letter from [Richard Ford] at Weymouth [Dorset] enclosing depositions [not present] indicating that the case of Urban Metcalfe [Metcalf] is a serious matter, he being now accused of throwing a penknife at the King. Ford states that Metcalfe's sanity has to be established in London by the authorities mentioned in his previous letter.
In a postscript Ford adds that it might in the meantime be better not to treat the man as a lunatic but to hold him on suspicion of high treason. Not being a Dorset magistrate, he can only give advice, which may not always be well received. He does however have possession of the knife.
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Folio(s) 463-464. Letter from [Richard Ford] at Weymouth [Dorset] enclosing depositions...
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