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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)KWH/B/18/18-19
TitlePapers relating to orders to Captain Fyffe of HMS Cyclops, with certification by J. Rawdon
Extent4 items
Date1803
Description18/1: Letter from J. Rawdon, Venice, to unidentified correspondent: he has, through an emigre, procured orders for Captain Fyffe of HMS Cyclops; requests a passport for September as soon as possible. 3 July 1803
18/2: Note from J. Rawdon to unidentified correspondent: he encloses a copy of the orders which Captain Fyffe mentioned
19/1: Copy, in Italian, of the orders shown to Rawdon in Venice; in English: 'Verbal orders to fire upon the British flag in case the vessels offered to unmoor', 25 July 1803
19/2: Copy, in Italian, of original paper shown to Rawdon in Venice, 30 July 1803

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