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Series
War Office and predecessors: Commissariat Department: Accounts
Catalogue reference: WO 60
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WO 60
These include: Crimea, 1854 to 1858: journals, cash accounts, warrant books, estimates, etc; Holland, 1798 to 1800: tabular account; New York, 1774 to 1784: general accounts, journals, ledgers, cash books, abstract books of rations for foreign...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and predecessors: Commissariat Department: Accounts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1774-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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These include: Crimea, 1854 to 1858: journals, cash accounts, warrant books, estimates, etc; Holland, 1798 to 1800: tabular account; New York, 1774 to 1784: general accounts, journals, ledgers, cash books, abstract books of rations for foreign troops, vouchers, etc; Quebec, 1829 to 1836: Military Chest journals; St Helena, 1816 to 1821: accounts and papers relating to the expenses of Napoleon and the establishment at Longwood; contracts, 1800 to 1849: contracts for supplies, agreements, and proposals for the same, contract prices for bread, meat, oats, forage, etc.
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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)
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- Commissary General, 1793-1806
- Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Commissariat Department, 1806-1816
- Treasury, Commissariat Department, 1816-1854
- War Department, Commissariat, 1855-1857
- War Office, Commissariat, 1857-1887
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 112 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14268/
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