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Reference NumberP/MAS/1/2/1
Alternative Reference NumberTH/8367/18
LevelFile
TitleAccount book showing payments to surgeons of ships
Date(s)1817-1870
DescriptionOn cover: 'Head Money granted to surgeons and assitant surgeons in medical charge of troops etc. on the voyage home from India'. The book gives name of the surgeon (index at front), ship name, port of departure (mostly Madras, Calcutta, Bombay or Karachi), and amounts paid to the surgeon ('head money, calculated according to the number of people who received medical attention).
Extent1 vol
FormatManuscript
CustodialHistoryFormerly catalogued as S. 973 in Local History Library
Access StatusOpen
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