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Folios 337-338: Robert Stopford, HMS Phaeton, Hamoaze, Plymouth. He writes on behalf...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2496/143

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This record is about the Folios 337-338: Robert Stopford, HMS Phaeton, Hamoaze, Plymouth. He writes on behalf... dating from 1797 Dec 2 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 1/2496/143
Date
1797 Dec 2
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Folios 337-338: Robert Stopford, HMS Phaeton, Hamoaze, Plymouth. He writes on behalf of 8 Seamen (John Burnett, John Campbell, James Steel, Richard Sandhill, William Southwaite, George Ewen, Thomas Hunt, James Yates) who were sent aboard HMS Phaeton from HMS Sandwich. The men are part of the crew of HMS Maidstone and were sent to England as part of the crew of a prize taken off the coast of West Africa. The men have not received their wages and he asks that this takes place.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S315
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Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20195954/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1797, numbers 151-344. (Described at item level)

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