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Folios 198-199: Alexander Skene, HMS Lapwing, Shields. Reports he has impressed William...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2508/65

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This record is about the Folios 198-199: Alexander Skene, HMS Lapwing, Shields. Reports he has impressed William... dating from 1803 Apr 6 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 1/2508/65
Date
1803 Apr 6
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Folios 198-199: Alexander Skene, HMS Lapwing, Shields. Reports he has impressed William Readhead [George Readhead] from on shore, encloses an affidavit concerning him.

Folios 200-201: enclosure with folios 198-199. Affidavit sworn by William Readhead [William Reedhead] and William Morris, North Shields, before Justice of the Peace Richard Wallis, 4 April 1803. Both swear that they have known George Readhead for some years and that after serving his indentures to Robert Stephenson, boatbuilder, he worked as a ship's Carpenter at Blyth and aboard the Feronia of Newcastle on voyages to Dantzick [Danzig] and Hambro [Hamburg] before coming ashore to work as a carpenter and boatbuilder.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap S283
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20427396/

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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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