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Ordnance Office: Out-letters
Catalogue reference: WO 46
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WO 46
This series contains Entry books of out-letters and, occasionally, of the relative in-letters of various offices and branches of the Ordnance Office, including the Board of Ordnance; the Master General; the Barrack Office, 1804 to 1825; and the...
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WO 46
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Office: Out-letters
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Date (When the record was created)
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1660-1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Entry books of out-letters and, occasionally, of the relative in-letters of various offices and branches of the Ordnance Office, including the Board of Ordnance; the Master General; the Barrack Office, 1804 to 1825; and the Director General of Naval Artillery, 1855 to 1861. The series also includes Letter books of the Commissioners of Military Enquiry, 1805 to 1810.
The out-letters consist mainly of correspondence between the Board, the Master-General and the Lieutenant-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)
- Ordnance Office, 1683-1855
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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169 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14255/
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