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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
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Series
Ordnance Office: Various Accounts
Catalogue reference: WO 49
What's it about?
WO 49
These deal with such matters as contracts, debentures, estimates, works, pensions, Colonial and Irish expenditure and law business.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Office: Various Accounts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1592-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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These deal with such matters as contracts, debentures, estimates, works, pensions, Colonial and Irish expenditure and law business.
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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)
- Ordnance Office, 1683-1855
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 294 volume(s)
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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/C14258/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
9,781,006 records
Within the department: WO
Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General,...
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Ordnance Office: Various Accounts
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