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Benin, Bonny and Cameroons Rivers, New Calabar, Dahomey, Porto Novo, Fernando Fo...
Catalogue reference: ADM 123/68
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This record is about the Benin, Bonny and Cameroons Rivers, New Calabar, Dahomey, Porto Novo, Fernando Fo... dating from 1864-1865 in the series Admiralty: Africa Station: Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 123/68
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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Benin, Bonny and Cameroons Rivers, New Calabar, Dahomey, Porto Novo, Fernando Fo and Victoria, Ambas Bay.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- (Records of Commodore A. Wilmott, Vol. 4). Index ADM 124/2, 4
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3738469/
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ADM 123
Admiralty: Africa Station: Correspondence
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Admiralty: Africa Station: Correspondence
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