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A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
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Papers relating to Surveys in North America.
Catalogue reference: ADM 49/8
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This record is about the Papers relating to Surveys in North America. dating from c.1783-1794 in the series Navy Board, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Miscellaneous Accounting.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 49/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- c.1783-1794
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers relating to Surveys in North America.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2155434/
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ADM 49
Navy Board, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Miscellaneous Accounting...
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