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Volume 2 of Printed Prize Appeals for the War of American Independence or the 4th...
Catalogue reference: HCA 45/8
What’s it about?
This record is about the Volume 2 of Printed Prize Appeals for the War of American Independence or the 4th... dating from [1781 Mar-1782 Jan] in the series High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Case Books (Printed Appeal Papers).
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- HCA 45/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1781 Mar-1782 Jan]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Volume 2 of Printed Prize Appeals for the War of American Independence or the 4th Anglo-Dutch War. Reported missing, 28 January 1920.
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Navy
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Reported missing in 1920.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2281851/
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Series information
HCA 45
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Case Books (Printed Appeal Papers)
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