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Folios 161-162: Sandford Tatham, North Shields. Encloses a letter from Mr Spearman,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2598/59
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This record is about the Folios 161-162: Sandford Tatham, North Shields. Encloses a letter from Mr Spearman,... dating from 1798 Dec 27 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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- 1798 Dec 27
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Folios 161-162: Sandford Tatham, North Shields. Encloses a letter from Mr Spearman, Magistrate and a Major of the Hartlepool Volunteer Artillery. States that he has no power to act in the Hartlepool area.
Folios 163-164: enclosed with folios 161-162. Letter dated 24 December 1798 by C. Spearman, Hartlepool, writes that some men have joined his Corps merely in order to avoid being impressed. One, Christopher Prissirk was formerly a seaman but has now deserted from the Volunteer Artillery. Asks that the press gang be sent to deal with matters.
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- Cap T59
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