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Folios 601-602: John Hancock, HMS Liffey, Spithead. Responding to a letter dated...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/1950/162

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This record is about the Folios 601-602: John Hancock, HMS Liffey, Spithead. Responding to a letter dated... dating from 1814 Dec 6 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 1/1950/162
Date
1814 Dec 6
Description

Folios 601-602: John Hancock, HMS Liffey, Spithead.

Responding to a letter dated 5 December 1814 in which he is asked to state whether he brought the transports mentioned by Major General Glasgow and, if not, why he left them. He states that he brought every transport that was ready but the men belonging to the transports who had been serving in the Lakes had not arrived at Quebec. He remained in the St Lawrence for as long as he felt justified within his orders and the season of the year.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap H456
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19394216/

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ADM 1

Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames H: 1814, numbers 251-490. (Described at item level)

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