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
Admiralty: Royal Marine Office: Out-Letters, General
Catalogue reference: ADM 56
What's it about?
ADM 56
Entry books of out-letters from the Royal Marine Office. The books, with the exception of the first volume in each series, contain pressed copies (flimsies) either of the letters themselves or of brief dockets of them. Each volume in all these...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 56
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Marine Office: Out-Letters, General
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1806-1868
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry books of out-letters from the Royal Marine Office. The books, with the exception of the first volume in each series, contain pressed copies (flimsies) either of the letters themselves or of brief dockets of them. Each volume in all these series has a subject or other index.
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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)
- Board of Admiralty, Royal Marine Office, 1850-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 107 volume(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1765/
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