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Farewell Durbar at Kumasi, Asante (Ashanti), as retiring Governor of the Gold Coast...
Catalogue reference: CN 3/21
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This record is about the Farewell Durbar at Kumasi, Asante (Ashanti), as retiring Governor of the Gold Coast... dating from Sep 1941 in the series Photographs Extracted from CO series. 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)
- CN 3/21
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Date (When the record was created)
- Sep 1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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Farewell Durbar at Kumasi, Asante (Ashanti), as retiring Governor of the Gold Coast Sir Arnold Hodson returns Crown lands in Kumasi to the Asantehene
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- CO 96/770/12
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Crown lands and estates
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C360825/
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CN 3
Photographs Extracted from CO series
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Within the series: CN 3
Photographs Extracted from CO series
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