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Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
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Office of the Commissioners of Sick and Wounded Seamen (Sick and Hurt Board) and...
Catalogue reference: ADM 97
What's it about?
ADM 97
Letters from the Admiralty and Navy Board of the Commissioners of Sick, Wounded and Prisoners, the Physician General of the Navy and the Director General of the Medical Department, from naval commissioners abroad, medical officers, surgeons and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 97
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of the Commissioners of Sick and Wounded Seamen (Sick and Hurt Board) and successors: In-letters
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Date (When the record was created)
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1702-1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letters from the Admiralty and Navy Board of the Commissioners of Sick, Wounded and Prisoners, the Physician General of the Navy and the Director General of the Medical Department, from naval commissioners abroad, medical officers, surgeons and others connected with hospitals and hospital ships; letters relating to prisoners of war, etc.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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From 1832 the letters are 'recorded' or registered in numbered series. The means of reference are:
the indexes and digests in ADM 133
the registers in ADM 132
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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259 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/C1806/
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Office of the Commissioners of Sick and Wounded Seamen (Sick and Hurt Board) and successors: In-letters
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