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
Royal Navy Website
Catalogue reference: DEFE 78
What's it about?
DEFE 78
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Royal Navy website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DEFE 78
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Navy Website
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Date (When the record was created)
- From 1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Royal Navy website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisional level.
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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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- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
- Royal Navy, 1514-1514
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- archived website(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)
- Gathered from original website
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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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- Topics
- Navy
- Official publications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Future website versions may be anticipated
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16681/
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