Series
American Loyalists Claims, Series I
Catalogue reference: AO 12
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AO 12
Records of the claims for compensation of American citizens who suffered property losses through loyalty to the British Crown during the war of American Independence. The records consist of entry books and ledgers containing the evidence of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AO 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- American Loyalists Claims, Series I
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Date (When the record was created)
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1776-1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the claims for compensation of American citizens who suffered property losses through loyalty to the British Crown during the war of American Independence.
The records consist of entry books and ledgers containing the evidence of witnesses, reports and other communicated documents, the examinations and decisions of the commissioners, lists of claims, etc.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other records relating to American Loyalists see T 50
For records of the East Florida Claims Commission see T 77
For further records of the American Loyalist Claims Commission see T 79
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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)
- American Loyalist Claims Commission, 1783-1790
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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146 volume(s)
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Researchers visiting the Public Record Office may consult an index to names in AO 12 which preceedes the printed list. In this index the person's name is followed by an abbreviation of the name of the state where the individual claimed to have suffered loss. A volume number and a further number follow these details. The volume number is the same as the piece number which can be found in the left hand column of the list. For example: Ackerly, Isaac, N.Y., V23, 21 In this entry, V23 translates into piece 23, and AO 12/23 is the reference to use when ordering the piece on the computer. The second number, 21, is an internal reference which should not be used when requesting the piece. It is the page number in the volume on which the information can be found. The page number in the document is the handwritten number; the printed numbers on the top right hand corner are the folio numbers and do not correlate to the index.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Under the American Loyalists Act of 1783, British commissioners were appointed to enquire into the losses of loyalists. Many received pensions or compensation from the British government.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- A detailed inventory was published in 2011: An Inventory of Audit Office 12, by William Bruce Antliff (Antliff Publishers, Canada).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2369/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AO
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American Loyalists Claims, Series I