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Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
Series
Admiralty, Transport Department: Letter Books
Catalogue reference: MT 31
What's it about?
MT 31
This series consists of entry books of out-letters to the Admiralty, other departments, ships, yards, stations and miscellaneous correspondents.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty, Transport Department: Letter Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1869
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of entry books of out-letters to the Admiralty, other departments, ships, yards, stations and miscellaneous correspondents.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier records of the Transport Department are in ADM 108
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 13 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1968 Ministry of Transport
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11080/
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