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Henry Petrie: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/17
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PRO 30/17
These consist of the official and private correspondence and official accounts of Henry Petrie, Keeper of the Records at the Tower (1819 to 1840), with some of the official correspondence and accounts of Samuel Lysons, his predecessor; notes,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 30/17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Henry Petrie: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1533-1843
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Description (What the record is about)
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These consist of the official and private correspondence and official accounts of Henry Petrie, Keeper of the Records at the Tower (1819 to 1840), with some of the official correspondence and accounts of Samuel Lysons, his predecessor; notes, transcripts and materials collected by or under him for a publication on British history; and some naval papers of James Petrie (1788 to 1799).
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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)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Petrie, Henry, 1768-1842
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 box(es)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Clara L Sharpe, 1919-1919
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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
- Navy
- Personal and family papers
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Some of these documents were used in the preparation of the Monumenta Historica Britannica, or Materials for the history of Britain from the earliest period, volume 1 (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1848).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11963/
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Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Henry Petrie: Papers
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