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HO 42. Letters and Papers. Includes papers relating to the Middlesex Election.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/77
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This record is about the HO 42. Letters and Papers. Includes papers relating to the Middlesex Election. dating from 1804 Sept 01-1804 Dec 31 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 42/77
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1804 Sept 01-1804 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
- HO 42. Letters and Papers. Includes papers relating to the Middlesex Election.
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Democracy
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1905696/
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HO 42
Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III
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