Customs Establishment

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.5224-5281
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1763-1829
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 58 volume(s) 58 volumes

Scope and Content

'Quarterly establishment books of the customs, London, out-ports, etc.', recording the names and salaries of customs officers, arranged geographically. A number of the volumes have labels on the inside cover recording that they were held originally in the Customs House, Lower Thames Street, London. Some of the volumes have indexes

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Public Record Office, 1911.

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