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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-09-23
ADM/A/1834/266
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-01-13
ADM/A/1791/162
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-19
ADM/A/1773/98
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1861
RSS/CL/1861/422
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1862
RSS/CL/1862/841
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1865
RSS/CL/1865/1253
Papers relating directly to the career of Capt. William C. Buck, R.N. (Manuscript)
1846-1873
BGY/B/9/1
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-21
ADM/A/1836/202
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-02-14
ADM/A/1827/184
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-26
ADM/A/1845/150
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-18
ADM/A/1773/312
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-08-30
ADM/A/1845/151
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1865
RSS/CL/1865/1500
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-18
ADM/A/1773/310
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-18
ADM/A/1773/314
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-12-27
ADM/A/1790/193
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1692-02-05
ADM/A/1781/32
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1691-03-16
ADM/A/1773/86
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1865
RSS/CL/1865/1400
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1865
RSS/CL/1865/1373
Document signed by William Bridgeman, circa 1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698 (Manuscript)
1697-08-30
ADM/A/1845/149
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1696-11-28
ADM/A/1836/264
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1695-01-25
ADM/A/1826/386
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1862
RSS/CL/1862/1106
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