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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: Registers of Correspondence
Catalogue reference: PRO 46
What's it about?
PRO 46
These are registers of all correspondence received in the Public Record Office during the years 1939-1955. Details of the correspondence (from whom received, subject matter, to whom referred, etc) were numbered consecutively and entered in...
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PRO 46
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Registers of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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These are registers of all correspondence received in the Public Record Office during the years 1939-1955. Details of the correspondence (from whom received, subject matter, to whom referred, etc) were numbered consecutively and entered in chronological order.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Some items give a file reference, and although many of the files have been destroyed, those that survive will be found 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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27 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12085/
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: Registers of Correspondence
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