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Panama Canal: sends copy of communications from French Charge d'Affaires [in French]...

Catalogue reference: CO 318/285/54

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This record is about the Panama Canal: sends copy of communications from French Charge d'Affaires [in French]... dating from 1896 Oct 9 in the series Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indies Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 318/285/54
Date
1896 Oct 9
Description

Panama Canal: sends copy of communications from French Charge d'Affaires [in French] requesting removal of restrictions by colonial authorities on recruitment of 'black' labour. States that the advantageous wages offered to workmen are enough to attract them to the Isthmus. Foreign Office, folios 394-400

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
21100/1896
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10238915/

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