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Folios 133-134: John Simpson, HMS Tourterelle, Greenock. Includes a letter received...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2508/46

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This record is about the Folios 133-134: John Simpson, HMS Tourterelle, Greenock. Includes a letter received... dating from 1803 Nov 15 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 1/2508/46
Date
1803 Nov 15
Description

Folios 133-134: John Simpson, HMS Tourterelle, Greenock. Includes a letter received from Regulating Captain Sandford Tatham but reports that, as the enclosed [not present] weekly account shows, the only men he has been asked to receive are Supernumeraries if he could transport them to Plymouth. Asks for directions about the newly-raised men, as most come aboard with no Slops or bedding.

Folio 134: Copy of a letter from Sandford Tatham, Regulating Captain, Greenock, to Commander John Simpson, HMS Tourterelle. As the Gypsy tender is being paid off, asks him to take the Lieutenant, Gang and the newly-raised men into the Tourterelle.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S261
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
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: 1803, numbers 201-400. (Described at item level)

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