Focus on
The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
On the Atlantic coast of Morocco are two cities that became one of the most substantial Islamic ports of the 17th Century.
Series
Board of Trade, Marine Divisions: Registers of Correspondence
Catalogue reference: MT 85
What's it about?
MT 85
This series consists of registers of marine correspondence between 1851 and 1919. They take the form of press copies of entries, giving brief details of correspondents, date and contents of letters and the registered number of each paper.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 85
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade, Marine Divisions: Registers of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1851-1919
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registers of marine correspondence between 1851 and 1919. They take the form of press copies of entries, giving brief details of correspondents, date and contents of letters and the registered number of each paper.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Indexes of the correspondence are in MT 86
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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389 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1979 National Maritime Museum
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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
- Trade and commerce
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11134/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
156,093 records
Within the department: MT
Records created or inherited by the Transport Ministries, and by related bodies,...
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Board of Trade, Marine Divisions: Registers of Correspondence
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