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Folios 288-289: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Stating that as Lieutenants...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2529/90
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This record is about the Folios 288-289: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Stating that as Lieutenants... dating from 1812 Feb 8 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1812 Feb 8
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Folios 288-289: James Slade, HMS Experiment, Falmouth. Stating that as Lieutenants who Impress such Seafaring Men whose qualifications only entitle them to be rated as Landsman but the Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy object to the Impress Lieutenants giving the Reward of Half a Guinea to the Gang notwithstanding their Lordship's Order to that effect dated 16 May 1811. If the payment is correct, the Regulating Officer requests to receive the same.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap S114
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ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1812, numbers 1-200. (Described at item level)
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