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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
War Office: Records of Military Headquarters
Catalogue reference: WO 28
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WO 28
Records of the War Office Military HeadquartersThe records include: America, 1746-1785: muster rolls and copies of proceedings of the General Assembly of Connecticut relative to military dispositions, 1746-1747; original letters, returns,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WO 28
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Records of Military Headquarters
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Date (When the record was created)
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1746-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the War Office Military Headquarters
The records include:
- America, 1746-1785: muster rolls and copies of proceedings of the General Assembly of Connecticut relative to military dispositions, 1746-1747; original letters, returns, memorials, etc, from field officers and others in America to the adjutant general or deputy adjutant general in Canada, 1775-1785.
- Lille, 1798: entry book of orders and other records relative to British prisoners of war at Lille, with returns of prisoners, etc.
- General orders, 1811-1857: copies of extracts of orders issued at various headquarters overseas, bound by countries.
- Spain, 1810-1814: records of the offices of the quartermaster general and the adjutant general; journals of the Cadiz Force, etc.
- Calais, 1815-1818: original letters to, and entry books of letters from, the assistant quartermaster general at Calais relative to the establishment there for communications between the British Army of Occupation and England.
- China Expedition, 1840-1844: orders, appointments, distribution returns, casualties, courts martial, etc.
- Crimea, 1854-1856: entry books of orders and memoranda; letter and précis books of headquarters and of various divisions, brigades, etc; registers and extracts of courts martial; requisition, embarkation and other miscellaneous books; reports and papers relating to the various divisions, the cavalry, engineers, transport, medical and commissariat services, prisoners of war, etc; topographical reports; adjutant general's and quartermaster general's papers, etc.
- Crimea, Army Works Corps, 1855-1864: paymaster's ledgers, receipts for wages and gratuities, pay and cash books, registers of officers, clerks, foremen and men, etc.
- India, 1857-1860: entry books of out-letters of the commander-in-chief in India.
- Uganda Expedition, 1897-1898: journal of events and diaries.
- China, Boxer Rebellion, 1900-1901: correspondence of the commander of the China Field Force and some private papers.
- Bermuda, 1865-1869 and 1905-1908: correspondence and papers on defence of the islands.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also Records of the Judge Advocate General:
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Secretary-at-War, 1660-1855
- War Department, 1855-1857
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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390 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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/C14237/
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