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Admiralty memorial for the grant of a pension to - Polhill, assistant to the master...
Catalogue reference: PC 1/11/141
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This record is about the Admiralty memorial for the grant of a pension to - Polhill, assistant to the master... dating from 1779 Feb 12 in the series Privy Council and Privy Council Office: Miscellaneous Unbound Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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PC 1/11/141
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1779 Feb 12
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Admiralty memorial for the grant of a pension to - Polhill, assistant to the master shipwright of Portsmouth Yard
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2 ff
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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PC 1
Privy Council and Privy Council Office: Miscellaneous Unbound Papers
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