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Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
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Series
Admiralty: North America and West Indies Station: Correspondence, Reports and Memoranda
Catalogue reference: ADM 128
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ADM 128
Correspondence, reports and memoranda relating to the Western Atlantic seaboard, ranging from Labrador in the north to Central America in the south and embracing the West Indies, and including seven volumes of correspondence arising from the...
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ADM 128
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: North America and West Indies Station: Correspondence, Reports and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
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1810-1913
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence, reports and memoranda relating to the Western Atlantic seaboard, ranging from Labrador in the north to Central America in the south and embracing the West Indies, and including seven volumes of correspondence arising from the American Civil War. There is also an accumulation of correspondence, reports, conventions, regulations, etc., relating to the Newfoundland fisheries, 1871 to 1912.
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Arrangement
The pre-1867 records are arranged in Divisions. From 1867 records of all Divisions are brought together in a 'New Series'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Admiralty, North America and West Indies Station, 1810-1913
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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153 files and volumes
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Jamaica Division's sphere of operations included Haiti, San Domingo, Nicaragua, Mexico and Central America while the Bermuda-Halifax Division includes correspondence relating to the protection of the Canadian frontier against the Fenians.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1837/
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Admiralty: North America and West Indies Station: Correspondence, Reports and Memoranda
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