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Series
Board of Trade: Registry Indexes to Papers Retained
Catalogue reference: BT 19
What's it about?
BT 19
Subject indexes of the records of the Board of Trade to the papers selected for preservation in various series.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade: Registry Indexes to Papers Retained
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Date (When the record was created)
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1846-1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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Subject indexes of the records of the Board of Trade to the papers selected for preservation in various series.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Alphabetical under key words.
The subject of the paper is given, and its file reference, from which the department may be determined. C = Commercial Department, BT 11E = Establishment Department, BT 13F = Finance Department, BT 15H = Harbour Department, MT 10M = Marine Department, MT 9R = Railway Department, BT 22 Unprefixed references and those prefixed G in the earlier volumes are to papers in BT 1.
The prefix S in the last 4 volumes refers to the papers of the Solicitor's Department, which were in existence for the years 1886-1895 when the index was made, but which no longer survive.
By using the Solicitor's Department's Registers in BT 23 it may be possible to trace some of the Solicitor's correspondence in the papers and out-letter books of the other departments of the Board of Trade.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Trade, 1786-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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21 volume(s)
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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
- Trade and commerce
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3062/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BT
Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
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Board of Trade: Registry Indexes to Papers Retained
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