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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folio 231: William Scott, HMS Porpoise, Sydney Cove, to Philip King, HMS Buffalo....
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2020/74
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This record is about the Folio 231: William Scott, HMS Porpoise, Sydney Cove, to Philip King, HMS Buffalo.... dating from 1803 July 13 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1803 July 13
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Folio 231: William Scott, HMS Porpoise, Sydney Cove, to Philip King, HMS Buffalo. He feels that taking Officers and men from HMS Porpoise will benefit England and the Navy as Captain Flinders' work is so important. He has asked of his Officers and men who would like to go back to England on HMS Calcutta and who would like to stay as a settler on the same terms as the soldiers of the New South Wales Corps.
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