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Folios 49-50: Thomas Byam Martin, HMS Fisgard, Hamoaze. Reports that 10 Irishmen...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2136/23

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This record is about the Folios 49-50: Thomas Byam Martin, HMS Fisgard, Hamoaze. Reports that 10 Irishmen... dating from 1798 Oct 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 1/2136/23
Date
1798 Oct 23
Description

Folios 49-50: Thomas Byam Martin, HMS Fisgard, Hamoaze. Reports that 10 Irishmen have been taken on board L'Immortalite, one assuming the character of a Yeomanry Officer and the others boat people who went on board when the ship appeared off the coast of Ireland with English colours! He conceives that there are United Irishmen assisting in the designs of the enemy and so as judged it necessary to confine these men until the Admiralty's further instructions are know.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M227
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19191216/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames M: 1798, numbers 201-386. (Described at item level)

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