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SS Melbourne: delay in HM Mails: possible prosecution against Australian Royal Mail...
Catalogue reference: TS 45/58
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This record is about the SS Melbourne: delay in HM Mails: possible prosecution against Australian Royal Mail... dating from 1852 in the series Admiralty Solicitor: Miscellaneous Papers on Admiralty Causes. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- TS 45/58
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852
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SS Melbourne: delay in HM Mails: possible prosecution against Australian Royal Mail Steamship Co.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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TS 45
Admiralty Solicitor: Miscellaneous Papers on Admiralty Causes
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