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Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
This photo shows an African American student choir who toured the UK and whose performances were attended by Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister.
Series
Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 37
What's it about?
CO 37
This series contains original correspondence relating to Bermuda.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 37
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1689-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Bermuda.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Bound volumes arranged chronologically and from 1801 within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations) and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). Each volume with a contents list, or précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter. From 1926 the correspondence is arranged in subject files.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records see CO 1031
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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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303 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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
- Americas
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of correspondence before 1850 see CO 326; after 1850 see CO 334. 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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In 1612 the charter of the Virginia Company was extended to include the Bermuda islands and a party of settlers arrived from England. In 1684 the charter, which had been taken over by the Bermuda Company of London, was annulled and the colony passed to the Crown.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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Microfilm copies were created as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (1948-1997). The microfilm images have been digitised and made available online by the National Library of Australia.
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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/C4228/
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