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
Navy Board: Navy Pay Office: Various Registers
Catalogue reference: ADM 30
What's it about?
ADM 30
Included in this series are lists of arrears of pay, of bounty to chaplains and volunteers, papers relating to pilots, miscellaneous pay lists, register of letters of attorney, etc.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 30
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board: Navy Pay Office: Various Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1689-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Included in this series are lists of arrears of pay, of bounty to chaplains and volunteers, papers relating to pilots, miscellaneous pay lists, register of letters of attorney, 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)
- Navy Pay Office, 1546-1835
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 71 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in microform only unless otherwise stated
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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1739/
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