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Red leather pocket book containing a pencil, an unused notebook, letters, calculations,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 65/14
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This record is about the Red leather pocket book containing a pencil, an unused notebook, letters, calculations,... dating from 1782-1791 in the series High Court of Admiralty: Miscellaneous Objects, Artefacts and Documents extracted.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 65/14
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1782-1791
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Description (What the record is about)
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Red leather pocket book containing a pencil, an unused notebook, letters, calculations, promissory notes etc relating to ships' passages between France and the West Indies
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- HCA 30/392
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3682001/
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Series information
HCA 65
High Court of Admiralty: Miscellaneous Objects, Artefacts and Documents extracted...
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