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Navy Board: Office of Surveyor of Victuals and Victualling Office: Accounts and Contracts
Catalogue reference: ADM 112
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ADM 112
Accounts of agents at yards and stations, of sea and harbour victuals, of pursers and masters of ships, etc., original contracts and abstracts of contracts, 1784 to 1828, and contract ledgers, 1776 to 1826.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 112
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board: Office of Surveyor of Victuals and Victualling Office: Accounts and Contracts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1660-1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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Accounts of agents at yards and stations, of sea and harbour victuals, of pursers and masters of ships, etc., original contracts and abstracts of contracts, 1784 to 1828, and contract ledgers, 1776 to 1826.
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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)
- Navy Board, Victualling Board (Board of Victualling Commissioners), 1683-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 212 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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- Topics
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1821/
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Navy Board: Office of Surveyor of Victuals and Victualling Office: Accounts and Contracts
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