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HMS Providence, sloop (1791-1797)

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Correspondence relating to John Crosley's claims for payment for an expedition to the north-west coast of America to make nautical, astronomical and trigonometrical observations for the Navy, 1797 - 1806

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/1: 157-178
Scope and Contents

Includes a claim for loss of instruments and books on board HMS Providence when it sank on 16 May 1797.

Dates: 1797 - 1806
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