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Series
Admiralty: Royal Greenwich Hospital: Miscellaneous Records
Catalogue reference: ADM 80
What's it about?
ADM 80
Autopsy reports and register of dead men's wages; diaries and papers relative to the Northern and Greenwich Estates; books of orders and warrants for payments; returns and statistics relative to the management of the hospital; the Chatham and...
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ADM 80
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Greenwich Hospital: Miscellaneous Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1639-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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Autopsy reports and register of dead men's wages; diaries and papers relative to the Northern and Greenwich Estates; books of orders and warrants for payments; returns and statistics relative to the management of the hospital; the Chatham and Greenwich Chests; letters and papers relating to the discipline and management of the school; accounts, reports and estimates as to works; letter books of admirals and others connected with the management of the hospital; a record of the entry and discharge of officers of Greenwich Hospital; a roll of original donors and salary books of Greenwich Hospital officers for 1865 to 1957, letter books and accounts for the Naval or Poor Knights of Windsor.
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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)
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- Board of Admiralty, Royal Greenwich Hospital, 1832-1964
- Royal Greenwich Hospital, 1694-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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194 papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1789/
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