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Folios 221-222: George James Shirley, Beaufort Building. Reply to letter dated 11...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2497/96
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This record is about the Folios 221-222: George James Shirley, Beaufort Building. Reply to letter dated 11... dating from 1798 Aug 14 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 1/2497/96
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1798 Aug 14
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Folios 221-222: George James Shirley, Beaufort Building. Reply to letter dated 11 July 1798 desiring to be informed from what authority he gave orders to the Purser of HMS Mars to issue Brandy for the preservation of the Corps of the late Captain Alexander Hood and of the Wine for the use of the Wounded. His reply is that Lord Bridport [Lord Alexander Arthur Hood (1st Viscount Bridport)] ordered him to cause the body of the deceased Captain Alexander Hood to be preserved & sent to his family as per the dying request of the deceased. The order he gave for the Wine was in consequence of the Surgeon request.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap S116
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1798, numbers 1-200. (Described at item level)
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Folios 221-222: George James Shirley, Beaufort Building. Reply to letter dated 11...
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