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Folios 161-162: Andrew Smith, Regulating Officer, Greenock. Reply to enquiry about...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2529/52
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This record is about the Folios 161-162: Andrew Smith, Regulating Officer, Greenock. Reply to enquiry about... dating from 1812 Jan 23 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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- 1812 Jan 23
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Folios 161-162: Andrew Smith, Regulating Officer, Greenock. Reply to enquiry about John Nicholas, said to be a Lascar on a Bengal, Portuguese ship Bachetal?.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap S66
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ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Within the piece: ADM 1/2529
Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1812, numbers 1-200. (Described at item level)
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