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Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Despatches from Frederick Forth, President...
Catalogue reference: CO 301/15
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This record is about the Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Despatches from Frederick Forth, President... dating from 1853 in the series Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 301/15
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Despatches from Frederick Forth, President of the Turks and Caicos Islands, most of which transmit duplicates of despatches sent by him to Charles Edward Grey and Henry Barkly, successive Governors of Jamaica. Many of these are copied and discussed in CO 301/12, CO 301/13 and CO 301/14, Grey's and Barkly's despatches concerning Turks and Caicos for the same year. (Described at item level)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- International
- Caribbean
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2974961/
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CO 301
Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence
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