Record revealed
A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
This letter tells the story of a daring attack on a British town during the American Revolutionary War.
Series
Admiralty, Director General of Works: Registered Files and Other Records
Catalogue reference: WORK 81
What's it about?
WORK 81
This series contains registered files and other records relating to the construction, repair and maintenance of buildings and other works for the Admiralty.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 81
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty, Director General of Works: Registered Files and Other Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1903-1912
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files and other records relating to the construction, repair and maintenance of buildings and other works for the Admiralty.
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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)
- Office of Works, 1851-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2007 Department for Communities and Local Government
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14682/
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