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Tolson, Joseph, fl1785 - 1786 (teacher of navigation)

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Petition from schoolmaster, Joseph Tolson, 1785-01-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/12: 454-455
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Requesting the protection of the Board against theft by his ex-pupils of his method of taking lunar observations.

Dates: 1785-01-03
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