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Folios 234G-234H: John Willoughby Marshall, HMS Lynx, Sheerness Harbour. Advising...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2142/89

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This record is about the Folios 234G-234H: John Willoughby Marshall, HMS Lynx, Sheerness Harbour. Advising... dating from 1803 Feb 18 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 1/2142/89
Date
1803 Feb 18
Description

Folios 234G-234H: John Willoughby Marshall, HMS Lynx, Sheerness Harbour. Advising that John Speechly, who had been appointed as replacement purser on 5 February, has still not joined and that they are much in need of him to oversee the provisioning of the ship.

Folio 234I: enclosure with folios 234G-234H. Note dated Saturday 19 Feb 1803, saying that Mr Speechly had not yet 'proposed his sureties' for the post at the Victualling Office.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M302
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Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames M: 1803, numbers 201-400. (Described at item level)

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