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Folios 381-382: Isaac Wolley, Lynn. Informs their Lordships that Robert Broom and...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2685/162

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This record is about the Folios 381-382: Isaac Wolley, Lynn. Informs their Lordships that Robert Broom and... dating from 1797 Mar 23 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 1/2685/162
Date
1797 Mar 23
Description

Folios 381-382: Isaac Wolley, Lynn. Informs their Lordships that Robert Broom and William Bird broke out of the Rendezvous and deserted. He suspects Broom has returned to Wenhaston near Halesworth in Suffolk and that Bird might be with him. Would their Lordships give him directions?

Folio 383: enclosure with folios 381-382. Description of the two men, though naming Bird as Davis.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Cap W390
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Open Document, Open Description
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Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1797, numbers 201-471. (Described at item level)

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