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Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
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Series
Paymaster General's Office: Main Account Ledgers
Catalogue reference: PMG 49
What's it about?
PMG 49
Ledgers relating to the Civil Establishment and Miscellaneous Accounts, 1834 to 1848; ledgers of Votes and Deposit Accounts, 1837 to 1921. Those for the period 1837 to 1848 relate to Army and Naval Establishments only.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PMG 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- Paymaster General's Office: Main Account Ledgers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ledgers relating to the Civil Establishment and Miscellaneous Accounts, 1834 to 1848; ledgers of Votes and Deposit Accounts, 1837 to 1921. Those for the period 1837 to 1848 relate to Army and Naval Establishments only.
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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)
- 98 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
- Government finances
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11705/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PMG
Records of the Paymaster General's Office and predecessors
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Paymaster General's Office: Main Account Ledgers
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