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Collection	Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales
Reference	GEO/MAIN/54161
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Extract of a letter from Captain William Berkeley to J. Burchett
Date	3 August 1728
Writer	Berkeley, William, Captain, Commander of the HMS Rippon
Addressee	Burchett, Josiah; Secretary of the Admiralty 1694-1742
Description	Captain Berkeley reports to have found on a French sloop four Englishmen who had been taken by a Spanish ship days before. The Englishmen, though, found a way to escape the Spanish ship and to take with them a Spaniard - who is now in Berkeley's hands. The Spanish ship, it seems, came out of Santiago de Cuba where most pirates are now living.
Place Of Writing	Carlisle Bay
Language	English
Extent	1 document (1 page)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
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