Piece
HO 42. Letters and papers.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/42
Date: 1798 Jan 01-1798 Mar 31
HO 42. Letters and papers.
Piece
HO 42. Letters and papers.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/15
What’s it about?
This record is about the HO 42. Letters and papers. dating from 1789 Sept 01-1789 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Is it available online?
Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.
Can I see it in person?
No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 42/15
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1789 Sept 01-1789 Dec 31
-
Description (What the record is about)
- HO 42. Letters and papers.
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
- To limit repetition in the Catalogue, individual addressees working in the Home Office have not normally been named at item level. In this Piece, except where stated, correspondence received directly by the Home Office had either been addressed to William Wyndham Grenville (Home Secretary) or Evan Nepean (Under-Secretary), or the addressee had not been identifiable from the surviving text. Original addressees outside the Home Office of material subsequently passed there are always stated where identifiable. Although the run of general incoming correspondence in this Piece covers the period 1 September to 31 December 1789, the Piece also includes, at Items 2 to 34 (folios 2 to 175), material from 8 July 1789 onwards relating to a supposed plot to kill George III, its exposure in the Argus by Sampson Perry, and the surveillance of Robert Barry, suspected of orchestrating a hoax.
-
Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
-
The digital images of these records were taken from old microfilm copies. A later cataloguing project restored the chronological arrangement of the papers and re-foliated the pages. As a result, the folio numbering of the catalogue descriptions for individual items does not match the numbering of the digital images, and some images may appear out of sequence.
-
Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
-
For an item extracted from this piece see
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1905634/
How to order it
- View this record page in our current catalogue
- Check viewing and downloading options
- Select an option and follow instructions
Series information
HO 42
Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,720,231 records
Within the department: HO
Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related...
16,430 records
Within the series: HO 42
Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III
You are currently looking at the piece: HO 42/15
HO 42. Letters and papers.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.