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By the commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ...

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Document allowing sailors to be impressed for duty on His Majesty's Ship the Cleopatra, captained by Robert Laurie. Dated 10 July 1804 and signed by Mr. Hopkins, J. Hambur, W. Dickinson, and Wm. Marsden. Second page deputes Lieutenant Balfour to impress seamen for the Cleopatra, dated 19 August 1804 and signed and sealed by Robert Laurie.

4 p. ; 38 cm.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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