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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/8766/75
Transferred to ADM 1/8998
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Folios 281-282: Francis Wooldridge, HMS Fortune, Sheerness. Encloses a letter from...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2678/120
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This record is about the Folios 281-282: Francis Wooldridge, HMS Fortune, Sheerness. Encloses a letter from... dating from 1793 Apr 7 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)
- 1793 Apr 7
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Folios 281-282: Francis Wooldridge, HMS Fortune, Sheerness. Encloses a letter from John Frew, Lieutenant and supports Frew's request to be superseded, as he cannot be trusted with a Watch. Advises the ship will go to the Nore in a few days.
Folios 283-284: enclosure with folios 282-282. Letter dated 2 April 1793 by John Frew, HMS Fortune, Sheerness, to Francis Wooldridge. Advising that his bad health will not allow him to go to sea and asks to be superseded.
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- Cap W131
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