Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Constitutional Department...
Catalogue reference: DO 161
What's it about?
DO 161
This series contains registered files of the Commonwealth Relations Office's Constitutional Department and its successors. The files deal with constitutional development in the Commonwealth, royal visits and honours, appeals to the Judicial...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DO 161
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office and Commonwealth Office: Constitutional Department and successors: Registered Files (CON Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1952-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registered files of the Commonwealth Relations Office's Constitutional Department and its successors. The files deal with constitutional development in the Commonwealth, royal visits and honours, appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, protocol matters, and the formation of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records on Commonwealth protocol matters see FCO 57
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For earlier records in the CON file series see
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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CON file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Commonwealth Office, Commonwealth Policy and Planning Department, 1966-1968
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Commonwealth Policy and Planning Department, 1965-1966
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Constitutional and Protocol Department, 1964-1965
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Constitutional Department, 1947-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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494 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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1995-2013 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6170/
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