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Admiralty: Royal Marines Pay Office: Records
Catalogue reference: ADM 96
What's it about?
ADM 96
These records of the Marine Pay Office and Accountant General's Department consist of:In-letters, 1690 to 1810. Out-Letters, 1778 to 1819. Accounts, 1695 to 1831. General and recruiting ledgers, general, divisonal and regimental accounts, half...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 96
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Marines Pay Office: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1688-1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records of the Marine Pay Office and Accountant General's Department consist of:
In-letters, 1690 to 1810. Out-Letters, 1778 to 1819. Accounts, 1695 to 1831. General and recruiting ledgers, general, divisonal and regimental accounts, half pay cash books, etc. Registers, 1688 to 1837. Effective and subsistence lists, musters, states of balance between the Marine Pay Office and regimental agents, commission and establishment books, etc.
Miscellanea, 1702 to 1831. Entry books of warrants, address book (1816), documents relating to prizes, widows' pensions, wills, 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
- Board of Admiralty, Marine Pay Office, 1702-1831
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 554 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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A separate Marine Pay Office was established on May 16 1702, and it continued to exist until 1831, when its duties were transferred to the Accountant General's Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1805/
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Within the department: ADM
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Admiralty: Royal Marines Pay Office: Records
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