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Folios 348-350: George Burgoyne, HMS Port Mahon, Belfast. John Clarke deserted at...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1554/232

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This record is about the Folios 348-350: George Burgoyne, HMS Port Mahon, Belfast. John Clarke deserted at... dating from 1813 June 23 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 1/1554/232
Date
1813 June 23
Description

Folios 348-350: George Burgoyne, HMS Port Mahon, Belfast. John Clarke deserted at Carrickfergus. The Head of the Customs said that Clarke went fishing with his father but could not be apprehended because he had a mob of disaffected people to help him. Burgoyne sent a boat to press the lot of them but stones were thrown and press gang retreated but managed to press John Robinson.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap B249
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames B: 1813, numbers 1-220. (Described at item level)

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