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Folios 136-137: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Asked by Admiralty letter...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2528/38

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This record is about the Folios 136-137: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Asked by Admiralty letter... dating from 1811 Oct 12 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 1/2528/38
Date
1811 Oct 12
Description

Folios 136-137: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Asked by Admiralty letter of 9 October to advise on the impressment of Richard Bools, an apprentice. He had been taken on 4 October, out of the Pylades, schooner of Brixham, by Lt Carter, who believed him to have served 2 of his 5 years service, and having gone to sea at the age of 21. Now 23, he is rated landman and has been sent to the Owen Glendower.

Folios 138-139: enclosure with folios 136-137. From Barnabus Green, 7 October 1811, at Brixham. Enclosing the indentures for Bools asks that they reconsider and discharge him, as he had never been to sea before. Admiralty note on rear of folio 137 says discharge cannot be granted.

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Cap S1139
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Labour
Navy
Armed Forces (General Administration)
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1811, numbers 1101-1303. (Described at item level)

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