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Letters Patent under the Seal of the Island of Mauritius, being the Charter of the...
Catalogue reference: PRO 22/15
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This record is about the Letters Patent under the Seal of the Island of Mauritius, being the Charter of the... dating from 1831 Nov. 9 in the series Public Record Office: Reproductions of Records, etc: Photographic Copies of Extraneous.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 22/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1831 Nov. 9
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letters Patent under the Seal of the Island of Mauritius, being the Charter of the first Mauritian Bank.
PLEASE NOTE: The 13 pieces (PRO 22/12-24) presumably contained in one box, were found to be missing during the rearrangement of all PRO classes in A39.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- English. [5 sheets photostat: presented by A. Toussaint, Archivist of Mauritius, 13 May 1949. P.R.O. 8606 of 9.7.49.]
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
- Banking
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2647260/
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PRO 22
Public Record Office: Reproductions of Records, etc: Photographic Copies of Extraneous...
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
240 records
Within the series: PRO 22
Public Record Office: Reproductions of Records, etc: Photographic Copies of Extraneous...
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