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Colonial Office and predecessors: Antigua and Montserrat, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 7
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CO 7
This series contains original correspondence relating to Antigua and Montserrat. There are few records prior to 1816.
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CO 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and predecessors: Antigua and Montserrat, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1702-1872
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Antigua and Montserrat. There are few records prior to 1816.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also CO 318
For further correspondence on Montserrat see CO 175
For further correspondence from both colonies prior to 1816 and after 1872 see CO 152
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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144 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
- International
- Caribbean
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- This correspondence is registered in the Leeward Islands registers CO 354 after 1850. Before 1850 see CO 326 under West Indies. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Antigua and Montserrat were settled by English from St Christopher in 1632. Antigua was captured by the French in 1666 and Montserrat in 1667, but both were restored to Britain by the Treaty of Breda in 1667. Montserrat was again captured by France in 1782, but restored to Britain in 1783. Both were part of the government of the Leeward Islands from 1671 to 1816. They then jointly formed a separate governmental unit, but were reunited with the other Leeward Islands under a governor-in-chief in 1833, and in 1871 the federal legislature was reconstituted.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, 1574-1739 (HMSO, 1860-1994; CDROM edition, Routledge, 2000)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4198/
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