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Folios 406-407: Alexander Milner, HMS Devastation, the Downs. Received letter of...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2147/149

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This record is about the Folios 406-407: Alexander Milner, HMS Devastation, the Downs. Received letter of... dating from 1804 May 12 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 1/2147/149
Date
1804 May 12
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Folios 406-407: Alexander Milner, HMS Devastation, the Downs. Received letter of 24 April. Says George Cox, a boy was sent to the Marine Society by his parents.

Folios 408-409: enclosed in folios 406-407. George Cox, Webb Buildings, Bethnal Green. Petitions their son age 12 left home 18 April and went to the Marine Society and was put onboard HMS Devastation bomb vessel. Applied for his discharge but heard nothing from the ship.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap M392
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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