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A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
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Navy Board, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Miscellaneous Accounting...
Catalogue reference: ADM 49
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ADM 49
Miscellaneous papers relating to claims, contracts, estimates, instructions to various officials and yards, establishments, rates of sea pay, building and repair of ships, signal stations, stores, transports, victualling, naval yards, pensions,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Miscellaneous Accounting Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1658-1932
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous papers relating to claims, contracts, estimates, instructions to various officials and yards, establishments, rates of sea pay, building and repair of ships, signal stations, stores, transports, victualling, naval yards, pensions, half pay, 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)
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- Board of Admiralty, Accountant General's Department, 1832-1932
- Navy Board, 1546-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 182 bundles and volumes
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1758/
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