Draft of petition from the New South Wales Detachment of the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marine...
Draft of petition from the New South Wales Detachment of the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marines to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated Marine Barracks, Portsmouth; 8 August 1792; with covering letter
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Date
8 August, 1792
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 47
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Physical Description
Contents
1 volume of textual material - 31.5 cm.
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Fonds
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Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4406
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This petition on behalf of the Detachment of Marines, who sailed with the convict transports in the First Fleet for three years duty in N.S.W., asks that their Marine Pay, 'Working Pay and Short Allowance Money' should be paid to them. In the covering letter an unnamed addressee is asked to support their petition
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Full title
Draft of petition from the New South Wales Detachment of the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marines to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated Marine Barracks, Portsmouth; 8 August 1792; with covering letter
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Description source
Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DLMSQ 47
Record Identifier
Yold4oQ9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yold4oQ9
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Reference code
943992
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