Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Accounts Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: OD 22
What's it about?
OD 22
This series contains Accounts Department files dealing with government accounting and audit arrangements, colonial development and welfare loans, and other grants and loans.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 22
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Accounts Department: Registered Files (ACC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1961-1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Accounts Department files dealing with government accounting and audit arrangements, colonial development and welfare loans, and other grants and loans.
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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)
- ACC file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Technical Co-operation, Accounts, 1961-1964
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Accounts, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 61 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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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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- Topics
- Welfare
- Aid and development
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11393/
Catalogue hierarchy
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