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Copy letter from Bernard Nonnen at Oldenburg to the Board. Has had 2 sailors from...

Catalogue reference: ADM 354/151/18

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This record is about the Copy letter from Bernard Nonnen at Oldenburg to the Board. Has had 2 sailors from... dating from 1755 June 28.

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Reference
ADM 354/151/18
Date
1755 June 28
Description

Copy letter from Bernard Nonnen at Oldenburg to the Board. Has had 2 sailors from the Nassau brought here by Captain Day from Nantes and sent to the Thames by the Bremen Tradeship, Diderick Vogelsang, Master. The Danish Customs Officers were troublesome about the River Weser, one of whose banks is German. Has written to the Stadholder, Count Linar, to give him leave to pass unmolested under British colours. He required a certificate from the Ambassador to Copenhagen. I was stopped and imprisonned on the 20th but have not been charged. Has sent copies of correspondence to the Earl of Holderness, the Principal Secretary of State in Hanover, and to Mr Ttitley HM Ambassador in Copenhagen. Asks for Mr Titley to be informed of his commission. Had difficulty calming 50 English sailors who offered to rescue him from arrest and clear the deck of Danish soldiers and is still imprisonned

Held by
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
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/C9230248/

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Copy letter from Bernard Nonnen at Oldenburg to the Board. Has had 2 sailors from...