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Series
National Debt Office: Irish Tontines (1773 to 1777)
Catalogue reference: NDO 3
What's it about?
NDO 3
These records of the three Irish Tontines of 1773, 1775 and 1777 (the last survivor of which died in 1870) include the registers of subscribers and nominees, payments books, certificates of deaths and marriages and declarations of identity,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- NDO 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Debt Office: Irish Tontines (1773 to 1777)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1773-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records of the three Irish Tontines of 1773, 1775 and 1777 (the last survivor of which died in 1870) include the registers of subscribers and nominees, payments books, certificates of deaths and marriages and declarations of identity, letter books and memoranda.
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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)
- 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)
- 53 volume(s)
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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
- Population
- Ireland
- National debt
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11248/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,739 records
Within the department: NDO
Records of the National Debt Office, and related bodies
You are currently looking at the series: NDO 3
National Debt Office: Irish Tontines (1773 to 1777)
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