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Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers...
Catalogue reference: ADM 26
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ADM 26
Registers of payments made to relatives against wages and prize money due to serving seamen, including lists of checks and remittances, home remittance ledgers, and declaration lists for foreign remittances.
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ADM 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board, Navy Pay Office, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers of Remittances
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Date (When the record was created)
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1795-1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registers of payments made to relatives against wages and prize money due to serving seamen, including lists of checks and remittances, home remittance ledgers, and declaration lists for foreign remittances.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
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- Board of Admiralty, Accountant General's Department, 1832-1932
- Navy Pay Office, 1546-1835
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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54 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1735/
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