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Series
War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: British North America, Original...
Catalogue reference: CO 6
What's it about?
CO 6
The earlier part of this series concerns the boundary between British North America and the United States (1816-1840), and the North West Expedition (1819-1850). The later part consists of domestic correspondence (1857-1868) concerning the North...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: British North America, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1816-1868
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Description (What the record is about)
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The earlier part of this series concerns the boundary between British North America and the United States (1816-1840), and the North West Expedition (1819-1850). The later part consists of domestic correspondence (1857-1868) concerning the North American colonies collectively, including emigration. See also correspondence series for the individual colonies.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence relating to Canada see CO 42
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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43 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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of correspondence see CO 326 before 1850, CO 328 after 1850. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714. For registers relating to emigration see CO 327.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4197/
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