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Folios 528-529: William Wilkinson, HMS Gorgon, Leith Roads. Responding to the letter...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2694/195

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This record is about the Folios 528-529: William Wilkinson, HMS Gorgon, Leith Roads. Responding to the letter... dating from 1803 Oct 10 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 1/2694/195
Date
1803 Oct 10
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Folios 528-529: William Wilkinson, HMS Gorgon, Leith Roads. Responding to the letter concerning George Duncan who was pressed by HMS Ethalion from a Greenland ship. Duncan is under 18 years but has been at sea for three.

Folios 530-531: enclosure with folios 528-529. The Petition of George Duncan of Kings Lynn for discharge.10 October 1803. To the Admiralty. Duncan is under 18 years. Last July during peace-time he did not take his protection. He was pressed from the Duyer of Hull, a Greenland ship into HMS Ethalion and is now on board the Gorgon, Guard ship at Leith.

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Former department reference
Cap W244
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