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Folios 229-230: John Steven, HMS Chichester, Woolwich. Requesting his son, James...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2500/99

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This record is about the Folios 229-230: John Steven, HMS Chichester, Woolwich. Requesting his son, James... dating from 1799 Jan 7 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 1/2500/99
Date
1799 Jan 7
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Folios 229-230: John Steven, HMS Chichester, Woolwich. Requesting his son, James Barker Steven is added to the candidates list for the Royal Academy at Portsmouth. Mr Bayley says there will be four vacancies before Whitsuntide. Encloses certificates.

Folio 231: enclosed in folios 229-230. Baptism certificate 16 December 1789, John Griffin, Minister, John Elgar and E. Easterman, Elders. James Barker Steven, born Portsea, Hampshire 30 November 1787.

Folio 232: enclosed in folios 229-230. Certificate, John Baillie, Teacher of languages, Woolwich, 5 January 1799. James Barker Steven, English grammar, arithmetic to the rule of three. Good morals, promises fair.

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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1799, numbers 201-392. (Described at item level)

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