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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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Admiralty: Pacific Station: Correspondence and Reports
Catalogue reference: ADM 172
What's it about?
ADM 172
One volume of Rear-Admiral Seymour's correspondence, etc., concerning the Contract Mail Service; hydrographical information compiled from reports by ships' officers; and correspondence and reports relating to the Navigator's, Friendly and Fiji Islands.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 172
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Pacific Station: Correspondence and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1843-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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One volume of Rear-Admiral Seymour's correspondence, etc., concerning the Contract Mail Service; hydrographical information compiled from reports by ships' officers; and correspondence and reports relating to the Navigator's, Friendly and Fiji Islands.
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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)
- Board of Admiralty, Pacific Station, 1837-1903
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1881/
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