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Sir James Carmichael Smyth: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/35
What's it about?
PRO 30/35
Official and semi-official correspondence, memoranda and reports, mainly in entry book form, of Major-General Sir James Carmichael Smyth (1779 to 1838), of the Royal Engineers.Certain volumes relate to the administration of the Cape of Good Hope,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 30/35
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sir James Carmichael Smyth: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1805-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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Official and semi-official correspondence, memoranda and reports, mainly in entry book form, of Major-General Sir James Carmichael Smyth (1779 to 1838), of the Royal Engineers.
Certain volumes relate to the administration of the Cape of Good Hope, 1806 to 1807, where he acted as colonial secretary; others to Sir Thomas Graham's Dutch expedition and to fortifications in the Netherlands and Northern France, 1813 to 1818. There are also copies of the reports of three commissions, of which he was president, on the Ordnance Department in the West Indies and in Jamaica and on the defence of British North America respectively, 1824 to 1825; and a copy of his report on the Ordnance Survey in Ireland, 1828.
His governorship of the Bahamas (1829 to 1833) is represented by two entry books of military correspondence; and that of British Guiana (1833 to 1838) by three entry books of despatches to the Secretary of State and two volumes of ordinances.
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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)
- Smyth, James Carmichael, 1779-1838
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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23 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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E G M Carmichael, 1930-1936
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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/C11981/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Sir James Carmichael Smyth: Papers
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