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From: Brian Randell <>
Subject: Re: [SoG] PRO records re smuggling
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:43:42 +0100
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Dear Chris:

>The obvious places to look are the Customs Outport letter books (eg CUST
>119/10 and /154) - but, from what you say, you have already looked there.
>Otherwise there could be something in the Treasury Correspondence - T1,
>indexed by subject in T108.
>
>Try also a search in PROCAT for "Smuggling", "1700-1850" - comes up with
>several possibilities.

Thanks for the quick response.

The CUST records I've looked at personally are in the CUST 28, CUST
47, and CUST 64 series. (I've only managed a few days at the PRO over
the last few years, but plan on making a more protracted visit now
one of our sons has a flat not too far away!)

From a thesis "A Maritime History of the Ports of Barnstaple and
Bideford" I learnt that the outport records (CUST 69) for the
Clovelly area are lost.

I've not tried CUST 119 - or the Treasury Correspondence - thanks for
the tip. And as you say, the search you suggested has given me some
more possibilities.

Many thanks

Cheers

Brian



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