Warrant for clearing Lieut. Gen. Holt's regiment of marines from 25th Dec., 1707 to 24th Dec. 1708 : manuscript, 1711 May 18.

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Warrant for clearing Lieut. Gen. Holt's regiment of marines from 25th Dec., 1707 to 24th Dec. 1708 : manuscript, 1711 May 18.

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Contemporary manuscript copy. Signed by Josiah Burchett. Document authorizes Walter Whitfield, Paymaster General of the Marine Forces, to pay Lieutenant General Henry Holt £1,9754:18:6, the sum due to the regiment of marines under his command, for their pay from December 25, 1707, to December 24, 1708.

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Whitfield, Walter, fl. 1703-1711.

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Holt, Henry, fl. 1707-1711.

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Burchett, Josiah, 1666?-1746

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The compiler of the manuscript is unknown. Josiah Burchett (1666?-1746) was M.P. for Sandwich 1703-1713 and 1721-1741, secretary of the Admiralty, and the author of a naval history published in 1720; see the Dictionary of National Biography. Bowman Samson may have been a local amateur poet. From the guide to the Two English satirical poems relating to Sandwich in Kent, by Josiah Burchett and Bowman Samson, ca. 1730, (Leeds University Library) ...

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HMS Cleopatra operated out of Halifax during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, sailing as far south as the West Indies. Sir Robert Laurie became captain in August 1804 and in 1805 became renowned for his action against the superior French ship Ville de Milan. From the description of By the commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ... (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778951118 In 1764...