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International Ocean Telegraph Company Contract

Catalogue reference: OCEAN

What’s it about?

This record is about the International Ocean Telegraph Company Contract dating from 1873.

Is it available online?

Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections.

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Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections.

Full description and record details

Reference

OCEAN

Title

International Ocean Telegraph Company Contract

Date

1873

Description

Contract (copy) between the International Ocean Telegraph Company and the India Rubber Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Company for work on submarine cables between Havana, Cuba, and Key West [Florida], 1873.

Held by
London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
Former department reference

LABA MISC

Legal status

Not Public Record(s)

Creator(s)
International Ocean Telegraph Company
Physical description

1 document

Access conditions

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited on permanent loan by Taylor Garnett, Solicitors, in 1990 via the BRA (British Records Association).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/70909b85-8e16-4898-8d61-dca58ab88ac1/

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International Ocean Telegraph Company Contract