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Folios 165-166: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Reply to letter dated 21 January...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2529/54

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This record is about the Folios 165-166: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Reply to letter dated 21 January... dating from 1812 Jan 24 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 1/2529/54
Date
1812 Jan 24
Description

Folios 165-166: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Reply to letter dated 21 January 1812 about James Johns, a Boy. James Johns entered at the Rendezvous as a volunteer for HMS Rapid on the 12 January 1812 and stated his age to be between 13 and 14. While at the Rendezvous a man stating himself to be a shoemaker claimed him to be his apprentice but the boy refused to go back with him. His mother later came on board applying for his Discharge and states that he had served 3 years to the Ropemaking business previous to his entry but had not been indentured.

Folios 167-168: enclosure with folios 165-166. Letter dated 20 January 1812 by Mr Swann, Charles Street, St. James. Application to have James Johns, aged twelve and a half and subject to fits, discharged.

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Cap S68
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Labour
Navy
Armed Forces (General Administration)
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1812, numbers 1-200. (Described at item level)

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