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A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
This letter tells the story of a daring attack on a British town during the American Revolutionary War.
Series
Admiralty Transport Department, Surgeon Superintendents' Journals of Convict Ships
Catalogue reference: MT 32
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MT 32
This series consists of journals of Surgeon Superintendents in charge of convicts, containing rules and regulations, lists of names, details of diet and medical reports.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 32
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty Transport Department, Surgeon Superintendents' Journals of Convict Ships
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1858-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of journals of Surgeon Superintendents in charge of convicts, containing rules and regulations, lists of names, details of diet and medical reports.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By ships' names
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier journals are in ADM 101
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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)
- 12 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/C11081/
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