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Name: John Tribe

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Sex: M

Marital Status: Married

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Subject: List of Artificers, etc. and Volunteer Corps Members

Document Date: 00/09/1798

PRO Reference: Supply 5/219

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1. John Tribe was employed as a Cylinderman in West Sussex on the 1st June 1797 (Supply 5/219). 2. A Report dated the 8th May 1801 (Supply 5/221) recorded that he was working as a Labourer and that he was a married man with 1 child. In this document, anyone not an Artificer was described as a Labourer. 3. A Return of Artificers & Labourers dated the 3rd November 1801 (Supply 5/221) confirmed that he was still employed as a Labourer at the Cylinder Houses in Sussex. The same document said that since the cylinders had been out of repair, Tribe had been employed in stacking timber in the yards and levelling and preparing the ground where the cylinders were to be resited. 4. According to the List of Foremen, Artificers and Labourers (Supply 5/224 dated the 30th January 1806) Mr. Tribe was employed as a Cylinder Man earning 2/-d per day, and at that date he had 10 years' service. 5. In a later Return dated the 18th June 1807 (Supply 5/226) it was confirmed that Mr. Tribe was still employed as a Cylinder Man, earning the same 2/-d per day. 6. According to the entry in Supply 5/227 dated the 23rd August 1808, John Tribe was employed as a Saltpetre Refiner earning 2/-d per day, and "when not working extra, they are allowed to watch in turn." 7. Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810, confirmed Tribe was a Saltpetre Refiner and that he was still paid 2/-d day. He was also allowed to watch in turn.