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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Series
Major Rice Price: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/85
What's it about?
PRO 30/85
Journals and papers of Major Rice Price, of the 56 Regiment of Foot. The journals cover a considerable part of the siege of Gibraltar following Spain's declaration of war on Britain in June 1779; the papers include some of his original commissions.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 30/85
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Title (The name of the record)
- Major Rice Price: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1760-1827
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Description (What the record is about)
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Journals and papers of Major Rice Price, of the 56 Regiment of Foot. The journals cover a considerable part of the siege of Gibraltar following Spain's declaration of war on Britain in June 1779; the papers include some of his original commissions.
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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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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Price, Rice, 1745-1827
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 papers and volumes
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Miss A Bull, 1968-1968
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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/C12031/
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Major Rice Price: Papers
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