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Series
Paymaster General's Office: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: PMG 74
What's it about?
PMG 74
General office files of the Paymaster General's office concerning civil servants, retirement pay, teachers' pensions and general office policy.
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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PMG 74
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Title (The name of the record)
- Paymaster General's Office: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1730-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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General office files of the Paymaster General's office concerning civil servants, retirement pay, teachers' pensions and general office policy.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files have been subdivided under the following headings:
- Civil Service (col) piece numbers 1-84
- Retired Pay (col) piece numbers 85-122
- Teachers' pensions (col) Piece numbers 123-135
- Office files (col) Piece numbers 136-254
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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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522 file(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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11730/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
3,474 records
Within the department: PMG
Records of the Paymaster General's Office and predecessors
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Paymaster General's Office: Correspondence and Papers
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