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Letters from Captains, Surnames N. (Described at item level)
Catalogue reference: ADM 1/2234
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This record is about the Letters from Captains, Surnames N. (Described at item level) dating from 1809 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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ADM 1/2234
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Date (When the record was created)
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1809
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letters from Captains, Surnames N. (Described at item level)
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The Admiralty originally numbered these letters as two sequences, both starting from Cap N1. These were later merged into one sequence, so there are two Cap N1s, followed by two Cap N2s, and so on.
Please note that the references marked on the individual documents may be the original references and not the ADM 1 catalogue item references.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4773316/
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ADM 1
Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Letters from Captains, Surnames N. (Described at item level)
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