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Original commissions to Captains and warrants to Gunners, Masters at Arms, Schoolmasters...
Catalogue reference: ADM 6/61
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This record is about the Original commissions to Captains and warrants to Gunners, Masters at Arms, Schoolmasters... dating from 1742-1768 in the series Admiralty: Service Records, Registers, Returns and Certificates. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 6/61
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1742-1768
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Description (What the record is about)
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Original commissions to Captains and warrants to Gunners, Masters at Arms, Schoolmasters and Chaplains, issued by Commanders-in-Chief overseas, chiefly temp. Seven Years' War (1755-63)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C535508/
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ADM 6
Admiralty: Service Records, Registers, Returns and Certificates
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