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Folios 249-250: William Henry Rickett, HMS Naiad, Plymouth Sound. He encloses a copy...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2404/79

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This record is about the Folios 249-250: William Henry Rickett, HMS Naiad, Plymouth Sound. He encloses a copy... dating from 1801 May 29 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 1/2404/79
Date
1801 May 29
Description

Folios 249-250: William Henry Rickett, HMS Naiad, Plymouth Sound. He encloses a copy of his letter to Admiral William Cornwallis, about his impressing lighter men from the Dart privateer of Dover.

Folios 2510253: enclosure with folios 249-250. Letter dated 24 May 1801 from William Henry Rickett, HMS Naiad at sea to Admiral Cornwallis, Commander in Chief. Nothing but the unjustifiable conduct of the master of the Dart privateer of Dover in having set sail in defiance of his orders and not stopping, till a number of gun were discharged at her, could have induced him to impress so many of her men, notwithstanding that he was short of complement. necessitating him to fire on the

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Former department reference
Cap R97
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Language
English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Folios 249-250: William Henry Rickett, HMS Naiad, Plymouth Sound. He encloses a copy...

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