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Bathurst Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/62
What’s it about?
This record is about the Bathurst Papers dating from [1417-1904].
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at British Library, Manuscript Collections.
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at British Library, Manuscript Collections.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 30/62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bathurst Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1417-1904]
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Bathurst, Lennox and Melville Papers are catalogued more fully in the British Library’s Archives and Manuscripts catalogue under the reference Loan MS 57/1-108.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library, Manuscript Collections
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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)
- 108 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- No records held at The National Archives for this series
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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
- Archives and libraries
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- These papers were transferred to the British Museum in 1966. Files PRO 57/962 and PRO 57/1834 at The National Archives contain further details. When the British Library became a separate organisation from the Museum, the papers became part of the Library's manuscript collections.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12008/
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- View this record page in our current catalogue
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Catalogue hierarchy
24,783 records
This record is held at British Library, Manuscript Collections
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Within the fonds: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
You are currently looking at the sub-sub-fonds: PRO 30/62
Bathurst Papers
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