M0016312: Certificate relating to the injuries received by Frederick Blight, 1801

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Certificate relating to the injuries received by Frederick Blight, Able Seaman: loss of sight from ophtalmia, while his ship, The Thistle, was employed in Egypt.. Part of a set of certificates addressed to the Directors of the Chatham Chest (from 1803 the Chest at Greenwich), a fund for the relief of men hurt or wounded in naval service, concerning disabilities and wounds of various seamen.

M0016312: Certificate relating to the injuries received by Frederick Blight, 1801

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