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Series
War Office: Military Headquarters, North America: Entry Books, American Revolution
Catalogue reference: WO 36
What's it about?
WO 36
These volumes contain orders and returns of the British forces in North America and capitulations and exchanges of prisoners concluded with the American, French and Spanish forces, 1773 to 1783. The volumes also include a few capitulations in...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Military Headquarters, North America: Entry Books, American Revolution
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1773-1799
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Description (What the record is about)
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These volumes contain orders and returns of the British forces in North America and capitulations and exchanges of prisoners concluded with the American, French and Spanish forces, 1773 to 1783. The volumes also include a few capitulations in 1798 and 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)
- 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)
- Secretary-at-War, 1660-1855
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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War Office , in 1927, in 2002
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- These volumes were formerly in the possession of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and later sold by the Stationery Office (to the War Office?).
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For the possible origin of these volumes, see C M Andrews and F G Davenport, Guide to the Manuscript Materials for the History of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in Minor London Archives, and in the Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge (Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication No. 90), p188.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14245/
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