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Minute and entry book of the Committee for Ireland, including orders and draft letters
Catalogue reference: PC 6/2
What’s it about?
This record is about the Minute and entry book of the Committee for Ireland, including orders and draft letters dating from 1689 Feb 14-1691 Sept 25 in the series Privy Council Office: Miscellaneous Books and Correspondence Registers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PC 6/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1689 Feb 14-1691 Sept 25
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minute and entry book of the Committee for Ireland, including orders and draft letters
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- See also PC 6/13
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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)
- 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
- Ireland
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3149098/
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Series information
PC 6
Privy Council Office: Miscellaneous Books and Correspondence Registers
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
31,358 records
Within the department: PC
Records of the Privy Council and other records collected by the Privy Council Office
26 records
Within the series: PC 6
Privy Council Office: Miscellaneous Books and Correspondence Registers
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Minute and entry book of the Committee for Ireland, including orders and draft letters
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