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Despatches from the governor as well as letters from various government offices (departments)...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/200
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This record is about the Despatches from the governor as well as letters from various government offices (departments)... dating from 1869-1870 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 37/200
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1869-1870
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Despatches from the governor as well as letters from various government offices (departments) and individuals. Despatches are described at item level; correspondence from Offices and Individuals is not.
Offices: Admiralty, Council Office, Foreign Office, Home Office, Office of Commissioners in Lunacy, Meteorological Office, Post Office, Board of Trade, Treasury, and War Office.
Individuals: T Gore Browne, Governor Frederick Edward Chapman, Former Convict Department First Class Clerk Samuel Chubb, former Governor William George Hamley RE, Former Convict Department Overseer W J Heney, Colonial Secretary Miles Gerald Keon, Bishop of Newfoundland Edward Field, and Jacob H Williams.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2750039/
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CO 37
Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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