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, Various
Catalogue reference: SP 109
What's it about?
SP 109
Mainly draft out-letter books of correspondence of the Secretary of State, Northern Department, 1726-1744, with some precis books of correspondence, in and out, of the Secretaries of State of both the Northern Department and the Southern...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SP 109
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Various
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1665-1788
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Description (What the record is about)
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Mainly draft out-letter books of correspondence of the Secretary of State, Northern Department, 1726-1744, with some precis books of correspondence, in and out, of the Secretaries of State of both the Northern Department and the Southern Department, 1756-1775. The series also contains miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the Secretaries of State, including correspondence of the Commissioners appointed for inspecting the accounts of the Allied Army in Spain, Portugal and Italy during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1708-1713.
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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)
- 89 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
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13648/
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Various
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