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Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
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Sub-sub-fonds
Post Office: Postmaster General's Reports
Catalogue reference: POST 42
What’s it about?
This record is about the Post Office: Postmaster General's Reports dating from 1790-1841.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at The Postal Museum.
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at The Postal Museum.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- POST 42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Post Office: Postmaster General's Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790-1841
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Description (What the record is about)
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This record series forms a series of precis of the reports held in POST 40: Postmaster General's papers. The precis provide a set of indices to this series. It comprises reports on all aspects of Post Office business and is a parallel series to POST 35 which covers major subjects and places (England and Wales) and is also a series of Postmaster General's papers.
Until 1837 when this report series faded out, the reports referred to important cases, such as the running of major departments and key decisions, while the minutes (POST 35) recorded matters of a comparatively secondary nature. Upon its demise, cases formerly submitted to the 'report' series were now recorded in the minutes.
The series includes a degree of duplication. [Series A], which are Indices of subjects, persons and places, are duplicated with additional notes in [Series B]. [Series A], are duplicated as abstracts in [Series D], and [Series D], are duplicated with additional notes in [Series E].
Please see The Postal Museum's online catalogue for descriptions of individual records within this series.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Catalogue entries below series level were removed from Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, in November 2016 because fuller descriptions were available in The Postal Museum's online catalogue.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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All pieces are 1 volume.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The series is a precis of reports held in: POST 40 POST 30
In 1842 volumes of Scottish Minutes were introduced and Scottish subjects were transferred from the Postmaster General's Minute series in POST 35
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The Postal Museum
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 152 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Communications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11769/
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- Select an option and follow instructions
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270 records
This record is held at The Postal Museum
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Within the fonds: POST
Records created or inherited by the Royal Mail Group plc and predecessors
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Post Office: Postmaster General's Reports
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