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Folios 276-277: Joseph Short, Lynn. Refers to the enclosure and reports that he has...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2495/121

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This record is about the Folios 276-277: Joseph Short, Lynn. Refers to the enclosure and reports that he has... dating from 1797 Aug 27 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 1/2495/121
Date
1797 Aug 27
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Folios 276-277: Joseph Short, Lynn. Refers to the enclosure and reports that he has examined the American prisoners who say that they had documents to prove their nationality but were forced to leave them in France. One man, Abner Blackmer, entered on board La Montaigne and was taken in her by HMS Terpsichor. Captain David Woodruff also believes that they are American.

Folio 278: enclosure with folios 276-277. Dated 27 August 1797, Joseph Short signed a list of Americans at Norman Cross prison. Details of where born, ships taken from, by what ships and more are provided for Thomas Hubert, John Sadler, James Sweet and Abner Blackmer.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S144
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20195806/

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