AN 'ORDERS GIVEN / ORDERS RECEIVED' BOOK FROM H.M.S. PELICAN...

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AN 'ORDERS GIVEN / ORDERS RECEIVED' BOOK FROM H.M.S. PELICAN, 1806-8

kept by Captain William Ward, transcriptions of various orders received by Captain Ward from Vice-Admiral of the White, Richard Dacres, and others between 15 June 1806 - 20 November 1808, 26 pp. the first ordering Ward to the Bay of Honduras, others include You are required to receive on board twelve invalids and twelve French prisoners of war, 13 January 1807: Whereas we think that a stop should be put to the infliction of the punishment of running the gauntlet on board His Majesty’s ships, you are therefore herby required and directed to take especial care that such punishment be not, upon any occasion whatsoever, permitted, 20 April 1806: You are to report to me … a state of the case of Wm. Fawcett, an American, on board His Majesty’s sloop under your command; and if he has been impressed, when, where, by whom and from what vessel … or is married in the United Kingdoms, 23 May 1807, orders not bound in chronological order, the vast majority of the volume consisting of blank paper, contemporary reverse calf, signs of wear in spine, 4to -- 7¾ x 6½ in. (19.5 x 16.5 cm.)

The sloop Pelican was originally a French brig called Voltigeur launched in 1804. The British captured her and renamed her and she participated in the capture of Copenhagen.