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Eight hand-coloured playing cards, including Jack and crossed swords; endorsed with...
Catalogue reference: HCA 65/23
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This record is about the Eight hand-coloured playing cards, including Jack and crossed swords; endorsed with... dating from c 1743-1744 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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- HCA 65/23
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1743-1744
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Description (What the record is about)
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Eight hand-coloured playing cards, including Jack and crossed swords; endorsed with promissory notes and orders to various tradesmen. Removed from the papers of ship Les Aimables Marthes in 1930, and restored there in 2018, as HCA 32/92/2 bundle 14 nos 10-17, to join similar cards that had been left in the papers.
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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 30/676
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 65
High Court of Admiralty: Miscellaneous Objects, Artefacts and Documents extracted...
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