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A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
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Admiralty. Despatches.
Catalogue reference: FO 84/1607
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This record is about the Admiralty. Despatches. dating from 1881 Nov-Dec in the series Foreign Office: Slave Trade Department and successors: General Correspondence before.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 84/1607
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1881 Nov-Dec
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Description (What the record is about)
- Admiralty. Despatches.
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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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FO 84
Foreign Office: Slave Trade Department and successors: General Correspondence before...
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