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Navy Board: Head Money Vouchers and Papers
Catalogue reference: ADM 43
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ADM 43
Correspondence, depositions, etc. relative to claims for head money or bounties for the capture of prisoners of war, with the Treasury warrants for the payment of the same.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 43
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board: Head Money Vouchers and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1710-1833
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence, depositions, etc. relative to claims for head money or bounties for the capture of prisoners of war, with the Treasury warrants for the payment of the same.
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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)
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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)
- Navy Board, 1546-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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80 bundle(s)
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- Topics
- Internment
- Navy
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Head Money was a bounty paid for the capture of each prisoner of war, and distributed to the Ship's company of the vessel engaged. The Accountant General's Department dealt with the payment of prize money and bounty.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1752/
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