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Folio 24: Philip Somerville, HMS Nemesis, Torbay. Reply to letter dated 27 August...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2512/11

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ADM 1/2512/11
Date
1804 Aug 31
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Folio 24: Philip Somerville, HMS Nemesis, Torbay. Reply to letter dated 27 August 1804 and state the case of John Long said to be the Carpenter's Mate of the Recovery employed in the South Sea Fishery, he was impressed on 10 June 1804 by Officers of HMS Nemesis. He was found secreted with seven others in the hold of that ship, impressed as he had no Documents of any kind to protect him nor did he appear to him by the Articles of the Ship that he was in any other capacity than that of a Seaman. He has since done his duty in the Main Top of HMS Nemesis.

Folios 25-26: enclosure with folio 24: Petition of William Beacon, Gravesend, dated 1 August 1804. Requesting the discharge of John Long, Carpenter's Mate of the Petitioner's Ship Recovery.

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Former department reference
Cap S413
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Language
English
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1804, numbers 401-581. (Described at item level)

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