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Folios 533-534: Joseph Nourse, No 10 Thayer Street, Manchester Square, [London]....
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2236/205
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This record is about the Folios 533-534: Joseph Nourse, No 10 Thayer Street, Manchester Square, [London].... dating from 1815 Oct 7 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1815 Oct 7
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 533-534: Joseph Nourse, No 10 Thayer Street, Manchester Square, [London]. Requests permission to be absent from England to visit France.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Cap N115
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12834793/
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ADM 1
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