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Folios 188-189: J. Waller. Port Captain, New Romney. He has travelled along the entire...
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2694/64
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This record is about the Folios 188-189: J. Waller. Port Captain, New Romney. He has travelled along the entire... dating from 1803 Aug 12 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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- 1803 Aug 12
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Folios 188-189: J. Waller. Port Captain, New Romney. He has travelled along the entire coast of his District and made Report. He visited the signals stations at Dungeness and Lymphne and observed the role of Lieutenants Corsellis and Roberts and their people. The signals are very difficult to see especially painted brown or red, if the posts were painted white this would attract the eye, so long they are not mistaken for a Bally[?]
Folios 190-191: enclosure with folios 198-199. Report dated 12 August 1803 by J. Waller. Port Captain, New Romney. Remarks on the shore and beaches from Dungeness to Sandgate, Dymchurch and Hythe in regard to the enemy landing boats in various weather conditions and states of the tide. Mentions the intersected marsh and ditches and the firing potential from the Batteries. Summarises that this is an amenable part of the coast for the enemy to land.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Cap W69
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Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames W: 1803, numbers 2-250. (Described at item level)
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