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The coloured paper cover of a ship's book taken from the captured Spanish ship La...
Catalogue reference: PRO 49/44
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This record is about the The coloured paper cover of a ship's book taken from the captured Spanish ship La... dating from 1741 in the series Public Record Office: Specimen Document Covers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 49/44
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1741
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Description (What the record is about)
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The coloured paper cover of a ship's book taken from the captured Spanish ship La Nuestra Señora de la Assompcion y San Petri (one of the prize papers from this ship in HCA 32/135/5, SP 1): removed from the book in 1929
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1838424/
Series information
PRO 49
Public Record Office: Specimen Document Covers
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