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A plea for protection from Captain Jones’s raid
This letter tells the story of a daring attack on a British town during the American Revolutionary War.
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Numbers: 23639-23924. (Described at item level)
Catalogue reference: ADM 159/213
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This record is about the Numbers: 23639-23924. (Described at item level) dating from 1923 Sept-1924 Jan in the series Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 159/213
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923 Sept-1924 Jan
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Numbers: 23639-23924. (Described at item level)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- 3 working days notice to produce
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C600677/
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ADM 159
Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service
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