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Philip Stephens. Have ordered the Portsmouth Officers to survey the French privateer,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 354/199/120
What’s it about?
This record is about the Philip Stephens. Have ordered the Portsmouth Officers to survey the French privateer,... dating from 1779 June 12.
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Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section. How to view it.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 354/199/120
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1779 June 12
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Description (What the record is about)
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Philip Stephens. Have ordered the Portsmouth Officers to survey the French privateer, taken by the Rattlesnake sloop. The Custom House were told her agents had claimed her and she sailed on the 4th.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ADM B/199
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open Immediately
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Piracy and privateering
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10636721/
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