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Collection	Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales
Reference	GEO/MAIN/54158
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Extract of a letter from Captain Davers to J. Burchett
Date	19 July 1728
Writer	Davers, Thomas, Captain, Commander of the HMS Dolphin
Addressee	Burchett, Josiah; Secretary of the Admiralty 1694-1742
Description	Informing Burchett that a Spanish Guarda-costa sloop took a British ship going home from Barbados - more information in the enclosed declaration. Captain Davers was not informed of this until it was too late to start the chase.
Place Of Writing	Carlisle Bay
Language	English
Extent	1 document (1 page)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
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