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Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Identification
MSS.91.2
Title
Letterbook for the Receiver of Wrecks at Hull, 1855-1861 1855-1861
This handwritten letter book was kept for James Sparrow, who worked for the British Board of Trade as the Receiver of Wrecks
at Hull, 1855-1861. The volume begins with an index of correspondents and subjects. While the book primarily records copies
of all outgoing mail, there are frequent notes about disposition of matters or copies of replies in the margins.