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Channel Islands. Two letters concerning the Merchant Seaman's Act. A letter to H...
Catalogue reference: HO 45/1332
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This record is about the Channel Islands. Two letters concerning the Merchant Seaman's Act. A letter to H... dating from 1846 Feb 28-1846 Mar 28 in the series Home Office: Registered Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1846 Feb 28-1846 Mar 28
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Channel Islands.
Two letters concerning the Merchant Seaman's Act. A letter to H Manners Sutton from Captain Hamilton at the Admiralty, stating that the Merchant Seamen's Act is to be registered in the Channel Islands; a letter to M Phillipps from E Gibb, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, informing James Graham that the act has been registered and published.
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