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Folio 27: Philip Somerville, HMS Nemesis, Torbay. Reply to letter dated 1 November...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2512/12
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This record is about the Folio 27: Philip Somerville, HMS Nemesis, Torbay. Reply to letter dated 1 November... dating from 1804 Nov 19 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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- 1804 Nov 19
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Folio 27: Philip Somerville, HMS Nemesis, Torbay. Reply to letter dated 1 November 1804, he states the case of John Long, he was found with others secreted in the hold of the Recovery South Sea Whaler on 10 June 1804 on her return to the Thames. The Statement of Mr Henshaw he thinks is not quite correct as the man declares that he served 17 months in a Transport before he went on board the Recovery which added to the 12 months the Recovery was on her voyage will exceed two years five months.
Folio 28: enclosure with folio 27. Letter dated 29 October 1804 by H Henshaw, No 222 Strand, to the Admiralty. Requests the discharge of John Long impressed from the Recovery. Requests he may be discharged on finding a substitute.
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- Cap S414
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- English
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1804, numbers 401-581. (Described at item level)
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Folio 27: Philip Somerville, HMS Nemesis, Torbay. Reply to letter dated 1 November...
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