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Public Record Office: Transcripts, etc from Stockholm Archives
Catalogue reference: PRO 31/13
What's it about?
PRO 31/13
These transcripts from Swedish archives were assembled by Mr W H Bliss between the years 1881 to 1888 in connection with his research, on behalf of the Public Record Office, into State Papers among the Public Archives at Stockholm. The series...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 31/13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Transcripts, etc from Stockholm Archives
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1550-1791
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Description (What the record is about)
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These transcripts from Swedish archives were assembled by Mr W H Bliss between the years 1881 to 1888 in connection with his research, on behalf of the Public Record Office, into State Papers among the Public Archives at Stockholm. The series also includes some reports and notes made by him, 1881 to 1883.
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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)
- 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)
- Bliss, William Henry, 1909-1909
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 bundle(s)
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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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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- A description of the transcripts appears in Reports of the Deputy Keeper of Public Records, XLIII to L (London, 1882-1889). Volumes XLIII, Appendix II, pp 35-52 and XLV, pp 411-412 are particularly informative, the former volume also containing detailed lists of documents examined by Bliss.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12058/
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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Public Record Office: Transcripts, etc from Stockholm Archives
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