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Series
Board of Customs: Out-Letter Entry Books: Intra Departmental
Catalogue reference: CUST 31
What's it about?
CUST 31
These are intra departmental out-letter entry books of the Board of Customs and include an abstract of their general orders, 1700 to 1776. The entry books contain letters addressed to Western Ports, 1787 to 1909; Northern Ports, 1812 to 1910;...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CUST 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Customs: Out-Letter Entry Books: Intra Departmental
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Date (When the record was created)
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1700-1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are intra departmental out-letter entry books of the Board of Customs and include an abstract of their general orders, 1700 to 1776. The entry books contain letters addressed to Western Ports, 1787 to 1909; Northern Ports, 1812 to 1910; Outport officials and others, 1814 to 1824, with confidential correspondence, 1847 to 1882; Ireland, 1822 to 1882; and Scotland 1823 to 1882.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further material on Scotland can be found in CUST 14
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Customs, 1671-1909
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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669 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Ireland
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5608/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
39,788 records
Within the department: CUST
Records of the Boards of Customs, Excise, and Customs and Excise, and HM Revenue...
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Board of Customs: Out-Letter Entry Books: Intra Departmental
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