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Public Record Office: Transcripts etc from Venetian Archives
Catalogue reference: PRO 31/14
What's it about?
PRO 31/14
Contains transcripts of the despatches, diaries and reports of the Venetian Ambassadors, newsletters, keys to ciphers, etc. The series also includes some material presented by Allen B Hinds, the last editor of the Venetian Calendar, and some by...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 31/14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Transcripts etc from Venetian Archives
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Date (When the record was created)
- 19th century-20th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains transcripts of the despatches, diaries and reports of the Venetian Ambassadors, newsletters, keys to ciphers, etc. The series also includes some material presented by Allen B Hinds, the last editor of the Venetian Calendar, and some by his executors.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further papers relating to Venetian affairs can be found in PRO 30/25
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 215 volume(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
- Diaries
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- These transcripts of Venetian archives were used in the preparation of State Papers and Manuscripts relating to English Affairs, existing in the Archives and Collections of Venice, and in other Libraries of Northern Italy, published by HM Stationery Office, on behalf of the Public Record Office (PRO), in the series of 'Researches in Foreign Archives' between 1864 and 1947. A number of them were also used in connection with the Calendar of Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, published between 1864 and 1932. Many of Rawdon Brown's manuscripts are listed in the 46th Report of the Deputy Keeper of Public Records Appendix II, pp 337-381, together with an explanatory foreword.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12059/
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 Venetian Archives
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