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Folios 190-191: James Wolley, Acting Captain, [Kings] Lynn. Reports that Thomas Camplin...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2683/79

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This record is about the Folios 190-191: James Wolley, Acting Captain, [Kings] Lynn. Reports that Thomas Camplin... dating from 1796 May 18 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 1/2683/79
Date
1796 May 18
Description

Folios 190-191: James Wolley, Acting Captain, [Kings] Lynn. Reports that Thomas Camplin who says he deserted from HMS Albatross in company with Hook and Rice, was committed on the 16 May 1796 to Elsham Bridewell [Prison] on suspicion of a robbery at the home of Coulton Bell Esquire near Norwich. It is supposed that the other two men were concerned with the robbery and every endeavour will be made to secure them.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W243
Legal status
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Open Document, Open Description
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1796, nos. 151-334

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