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Folios 239-240: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. States the case of James Hamm,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2522/100
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This record is about the Folios 239-240: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. States the case of James Hamm,... dating from 1810 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 1/2522/100
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1810 May 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 239-240: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. States the case of James Hamm, 20, who was sent on board with 2 other Landsmen from the Liverpool Rendezvous as substitutes for David McCowle on board HMS Salvador del Mundo. He was sent on board HMS Tromp for a passage to Plymouth.
Folios 241-242: enclosure with folios 239-240. Letter dated 5 May 1810 from Henry and Alice Ham, St Ewe near St Austell, Cornwall. In the letter witnessed by Walter Pomery, the parents of James Hamm state that he joined HMS Experiment without their knowledge or consent. James Ham greatly regrets his decision, as do his parents who offer to provide 2 Landsmen at their own expense if he can be discharged.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Cap S153
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20144232/
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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