Office of the Commissioners of Sick and Wounded Seamen (Sick and Hurt Board) and successors. In-letters, 1766-December 1862

 
Component identifier:
Series ADM 97
Extent:
191 items
Content Summary:

Letters from the Admiralty Office, and the Admiralty Secretary's Department, Admiralty and Navy Board of the Commissioners of Sick, Wounded and Prisoners, the Physician General of the Navy and the Director General of the Medical Department, from naval commissioners abroad, medical officers, surgeons and others connected with hospitals and hospital ships; letters relating to prisoners of war, etc. The letters relate to such matters as staff, equipment, provisions, pay, various diseases and deaths. Some of the letters include requests for posts on convict ships and reports of conditions on board convict ships, and a number pf letters relate to emigrant ships.

The Australian Joint Copying Project filmed selected extracts of all pieces listed, with the exception of pieces 36-38, which have been filmed in their entirety.

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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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