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Folios 169-170: James Sykes (Navy Agent), Arundel Street. Encloses a letter from...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2081/69

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This record is about the Folios 169-170: James Sykes (Navy Agent), Arundel Street. Encloses a letter from... dating from 1813 July 7 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 1/2081/69
Date
1813 July 7
Description

Folios 169-170: James Sykes (Navy Agent), Arundel Street. Encloses a letter from Captain Henry Lyford about his entertaining Major General Alexander Hope and his suite on HMS Erebus while on passage to Gottenburgh [Gothenburg], asks for him to be paid the usual allowance for this.

Folios 171-172: enclosure with folios 169-170. Letter dated 23 June 1813 from Captain Henry Lyford, HMS Erebus, off Fleckeroe, to Navy Agent James Sykes, 22 Arundel Street, London. Asks the agent to make sure he is paid the extra allowances for the period when Admiral More [Rear Admiral Graham Moore ?] hoisted his flag aboard the Erebus and also for entertaining Major General Alexander Hope and four of his aides on the passage to Gottenburg.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap L79
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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