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Charles Purton Cooper: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/10
What's it about?
PRO 30/10
The two collections of the manuscripts, etc, of Charles Purton Cooper, Secretary to the Record Commission 1831 to 1837, now in the Public Record Office, formed part of a larger collection of his papers, bequeathed by him to the Honourable Society...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 30/10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Charles Purton Cooper: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1800-1840
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Description (What the record is about)
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The two collections of the manuscripts, etc, of Charles Purton Cooper, Secretary to the Record Commission 1831 to 1837, now in the Public Record Office, formed part of a larger collection of his papers, bequeathed by him to the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. The first set consists of the correspondence, reports and miscellaneous papers, etc of the Royal Commission.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The second set is in PRO 30/41
Records of the Record Commission are in PRO 36
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Not 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)
- Cooper, Charles Purton, 1793-1873
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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53 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Benchers of Lincolns Inn , in 1912.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11956/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,787 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Charles Purton Cooper: Papers
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