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Collection	Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales
Reference	GEO/MAIN/54165
Record Type	Legal documents
Title	Deposition of George Fox, John King, Adam Sewel, Joseph Vaughan, mariners on board of the Anne Galley
Date	15 August 1728
Writer	Fox; George
	King, John
	Sewel, Adam
	Vaughan, Joseph
Addressee	Gent; John White; Deputy Major and Justice of the Peace of Portsmouth
Description	In this deposition, taken on oath before John White Gent, the four Englishmen give details of how they escaped their galley after it was caught up in a confrontation with a Spanish sloop and ended up on a French sloop. They also tell about the physical violence used by the Spaniards against all Englishmen on the Galley.
Place Of Writing	Portsmouth
Notes	Enclosed to GEO/MAIN/54164.
Language	English
Extent	1 document (1 page)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
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