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Folios 1-2: James Keith Shepard, Regulating Officer, Gravesend. States the case of...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2531/1
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Folios 1-2: James Keith Shepard, Regulating Officer, Gravesend. States the case of Joseph Avis, aged 19, curently detained on HMS El Corso, who was impressed by a party of the Sligo Militia who found him on the road near Chelmsford and brought him to Gravesend on 19 May 1812. He had no documents on him at the time of impressment but matches the description with the enclosures sent by the Admiralty which also indicate that he is an Apprentice.
Folio 3: enclosure with folios 1-2. Letter dated 27 May 1812 by Francis Wayth, Master of the Cynthia, 2 Jamaica Row, Bermondsey, to the Admiralty. Explains that Joseph Avis is his apprentice and was detained whilst on his way to Benhall in Suffolk to see friends. Requests his discharge so Joseph Avis may return to the brig Cynthia which is currently lying in London Dock waiting to sail. Captain George Taylor of HMS El Corso also mentioned.
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Letters from Captains, Surnames S: 1812, numbers 401-600. (Described at item level)
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