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Black Town, Cape of Good Hope: report on occupiers of houses on Admiralty land
Catalogue reference: TS 45/45
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This record is about the Black Town, Cape of Good Hope: report on occupiers of houses on Admiralty land dating from 1848 in the series Admiralty Solicitor: Miscellaneous Papers on Admiralty Causes. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- TS 45/45
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848
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Black Town, Cape of Good Hope: report on occupiers of houses on Admiralty land
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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/C3188197/
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TS 45
Admiralty Solicitor: Miscellaneous Papers on Admiralty Causes
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