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Copy letter from Michael Wilkins Conway. Procured hay at Margate but left it behind...

Catalogue reference: ADM 354/119/71

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This record is about the Copy letter from Michael Wilkins Conway. Procured hay at Margate but left it behind... dating from 1742 Aug 19.

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Reference
ADM 354/119/71
Date
1742 Aug 19
Description

Copy letter from Michael Wilkins Conway. Procured hay at Margate but left it behind when he sailed. We came into the road on Tuesday and anchored. Twenty-one of the fleet cut their cables in a gale and got in safely. Nine are still in the Road. Yesterday eight ships were disembarked and the rest should be complete today. Has agreed with two fishermen to take up the anchors and cables and will ask Captain Swanton to assist. We had a hay storeship with us which assisted

Enclosed in letter of 23 Aug

Held by
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
Former department reference
ADM B 119
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9180734/

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Copy letter from Michael Wilkins Conway. Procured hay at Margate but left it behind...