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Folios 345-346: Joseph Short, [Regulating Officer], Norman Cross Prison. He reports...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2497/145

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This record is about the Folios 345-346: Joseph Short, [Regulating Officer], Norman Cross Prison. He reports... dating from 1798 Oct 25 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 1/2497/145
Date
1798 Oct 25
Description

Folios 345-346: Joseph Short, [Regulating Officer], Norman Cross Prison. He reports that on his arrival at this place, he applied to Captain Daniel Woodriff the Superintendent of Prisons to see the 58 mentioned in their Lordships Order to him, when he informed him that most of them had been discharged by orders of the Transport Board only Berend Dirk Huster, Henrich Giese and Herm Schwictert being left who, on being asked to enter into the Service of the Navy, refused.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S172
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20196106/

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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1798, numbers 1-200. (Described at item level)

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