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Correspondence relating to the murder of Sir W Macnaghten and to the arrest of Colonel...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/12/26/4
What’s it about?
This record is about the Correspondence relating to the murder of Sir W Macnaghten and to the arrest of Colonel... dating from 1842 in the series Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 30/12/26/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1842
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence relating to the murder of Sir W Macnaghten and to the arrest of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Connolly in Bukhara (Bokhara).
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- This piece is a former stray, matched to this document reference, October 2018
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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)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Crime
- Personal and family papers
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2647663/
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Series information
PRO 30/12
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough: Papers
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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
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Within the series: PRO 30/12
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough: Papers
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Correspondence relating to the murder of Sir W Macnaghten and to the arrest of Colonel...
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