Record revealed
Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
Discover how plants travelled across the British Empire in the 19th century and the effect this has on our natural environment, and eating habits, today.
Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Newsletters
Catalogue reference: SP 101
What's it about?
SP 101
Mainly unsigned despatches, news-sheets and copies of foreign gazettes, all in manuscript, sent to the Secretary of State from English agents abroad. The records are most numerous for the reigns of Charles II and James II. Many of the documents...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SP 101
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Newsletters
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1565-1763
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Description (What the record is about)
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Mainly unsigned despatches, news-sheets and copies of foreign gazettes, all in manuscript, sent to the Secretary of State from English agents abroad. The records are most numerous for the reigns of Charles II and James II. Many of the documents may have been enclosed originally with letters now to be found in the general series (arranged by country).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records are mostly arranged in chronological order, by country. Whilst the records are classified as far as possible according to their place of origin, the bundles often contain despatches from other quarters.
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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)
- 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)
- 135 bundles and volumes
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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
- International
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Selected documents dated before August 1589 are described in the Calendar of State Papers Foreign Series of the Reign of Elizabeth I ed A J Butler S C Lomas and R B Wernham (London 1901-1950). For references to the more important papers for the period August 1589 to December 1595 see the List and Analysis of State Papers Foreign Series Elizabeth I I-VI ed by Richard Bruce Wernham (London 1964-1993). Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13640/
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