Record revealed
A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
This letter tells the story of a daring attack on a British town during the American Revolutionary War.
Series
Admiralty: Publications
Catalogue reference: ADM 186
What's it about?
ADM 186
Printed manuals, instructions, monographs, and reports, issued on restricted circulation by the Admiralty. A small number of documents in this series pre- and post-date existence of the Admiralty.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 186
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Publications
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1827-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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Printed manuals, instructions, monographs, and reports, issued on restricted circulation by the Admiralty.
A small number of documents in this series pre- and post-date existence of the Admiralty.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
They are arranged under subject headings: administration, training, armament, engineering, historical and geographical studies, navigation, photography and signals.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 886 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1971 Ministry of Defence
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1895/
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