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Case of Mr A S Harvey. Removal of from China Consular Service owing to insanity
Catalogue reference: FO 17/852
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This record is about the Case of Mr A S Harvey. Removal of from China Consular Service owing to insanity dating from 1877-1880 in the series Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FO 17/852
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1877-1880
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Case of Mr A S Harvey. Removal of from China Consular Service owing to insanity
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- International
- Mental illness
- Asia
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Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906,...
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Case of Mr A S Harvey. Removal of from China Consular Service owing to insanity
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