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Abstract of the establishment of the Office of the Treasurer of the Chamber.
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/26/113/1
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This record is about the Abstract of the establishment of the Office of the Treasurer of the Chamber. dating from 1720 June in the series Public Record Office: Documents Acquired by Gift, Deposit or Purchase: Miscellaneous. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/26/113/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1720 June
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Description (What the record is about)
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Abstract of the establishment of the Office of the Treasurer of the Chamber.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- These documents (PRO 30/26/113/1-PRO 30/26/113/12) formed part of the papers of Henry Pelham, Treasurer of the Chamber from 1720, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1743 and are returns prepared presumably for him or for the Duke of Newcastle. They were presented to the Public Record Office, through the intermediary of the British Records Association by Messrs. Farrer & Co., Solicitors, 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.2. in September 1942. [B.R.A.437].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Immediately
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Archives and libraries
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3604968/
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PRO 30/26
Public Record Office: Documents Acquired by Gift, Deposit or Purchase: Miscellaneous
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Abstract of the establishment of the Office of the Treasurer of the Chamber.
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