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(a) Sardinia and Italy. Legation in London (b) Tuscany. Legation in Florence. (c)...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/22/71
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This record is about the (a) Sardinia and Italy. Legation in London (b) Tuscany. Legation in Florence. (c)... dating from a) 1859 Jan-1864 Dec (b) 1859 July-1860 March (c) 1859 Dec-1860 Jan (d) 1859-1864 in the series Lord John Russell: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/22/71
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Date (When the record was created)
- a) 1859 Jan-1864 Dec (b) 1859 July-1860 March (c) 1859 Dec-1860 Jan (d) 1859-1864
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Description (What the record is about)
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(a) Sardinia and Italy. Legation in London (b) Tuscany. Legation in Florence. (c) Two Sicilies. Legation in Naples. (d) Miscellaneous (includes: 1859 Aug-1863 March. Sardinia and Italy. Legation in Turin and Miscellaneous) Private correspondence and memoranda. Marquis E. d'Azeglio, and counts Corti and Maffei, legation secretaries, London; Edwin Corbett, envoy, Florence; Hon H. Elliot, envoy, Naples and others to Lord John (from 1861 earl) Russell, foreign secretary.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A few letters appear to have been removed. A copy of offical despatches of 19 and 25 July 1859 and [ ] found loose in PRO 30/22/69 have been inserted in this volume See also PRO 30/22/85 for Correspondence Two Sicilies. king = Victor Emmanuel II 1 vol
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3664390/
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PRO 30/22
Lord John Russell: Papers
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