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Folios 209-210: William Bligh, Sydney, New South Wales. Is sending all necessary...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1538/20G
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- 1806 Nov 5
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Folios 209-210: William Bligh, Sydney, New South Wales. Is sending all necessary papers on HMS Alexander, bound for London. Governor [Phillip Gidley] King is on board HMS Buffalo and will sail within the month. The Britannia Whaler, Nathaniel Goodspeed Commander, has been lost. There was a loss of grain, due to the flooding of the River Hawkesbury.
Folios 210-211: enclosure in folios 209-210. Sworn on 3 October 1806. Account of the loss HMS Britannia, a sworn statement before Judge Richard Atkins by Nathaniel Goodspeed, Commander, William Dyer, 2nd Mate, John Douglas, Boatswain and John Curtis Boatswain.
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- Cap B315
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames B: 1806, numbers 301-350. (Described at item level)
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