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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
Series
Public Record Office: Indexes to General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: PRO 34
What's it about?
PRO 34
The Public Record Office indexes to general correpsondence are of two kinds: (i) chronological indexes, 1838 to 1938, which were compiled before the correspondence to which they relate was bound for permanent preservation. They contain some...
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PRO 34
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Indexes to General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838-1938
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Public Record Office indexes to general correpsondence are of two kinds:
- (i) chronological indexes, 1838 to 1938, which were compiled before the correspondence to which they relate was bound for permanent preservation. They contain some references to letters which have been destroyed and take the form of chronological entries under a number of general subject heads.
- (ii) alphabetical indexes, 1903 to 1938, which were compiled from the correspondence selected for permanent preservation. They are comprehensive subject indexes and will normally be found more useful than the chronological indexes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The volumes in this series are contemporary with and refer to the general correspondence in PRO 1
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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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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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26 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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12068/
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: Indexes to General Correspondence
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