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Customs Establishment

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5224-5281

Scope and Contents

'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

Dates

  • Creation: 1763-1829

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

58 volume(s) (58 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Public Record Office, 1911.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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