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Folios 63-68: Letter from S Long, Captain and Senior Officer, HMS Curaçoa at Shanghai...

Catalogue reference: ADM 125/27/14

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This record is about the Folios 63-68: Letter from S Long, Captain and Senior Officer, HMS Curaçoa at Shanghai... dating from 1882 Jan 2 in the series Admiralty: China Station: Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ADM 125/27/14
Date
1882 Jan 2
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Folios 63-68: Letter from S Long, Captain and Senior Officer, HMS Curaçoa at Shanghai dated 2 January 1882 to Vice Admiral George O Willes CB, Commander-in-Chief, regarding the position of a telegraph cable in the Yangtse river. Encloses a letter (folios 65-66) from the HMS Swift which has accidentally hooked a telegraph cable when weighing anchor. A letter from the telegraph company regarding this telegraph line is enclosed (folio 67) as is a plan showing the line [previously removed with reference MPI 492/3].

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The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19936272/

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ADM 125

Admiralty: China Station: Correspondence

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