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War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Cape of Good Hope Colony (Cape Colony),...
Catalogue reference: CO 48
What's it about?
CO 48
This series consists of original correspondence relating to Cape of Good Hope, later Cape Colony. Included are reports and papers of the Commissioners of Eastern Inquiry, 1825 to 1834.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 48
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Cape of Good Hope Colony (Cape Colony), Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1807-1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of original correspondence relating to Cape of Good Hope, later Cape Colony. Included are reports and papers of the Commissioners of Eastern Inquiry, 1825 to 1834.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Bound volumes arranged chronologically 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records of the Commissioners see CO 54/139
For records before 1807 see WO 1/178 and 323-342.
For earlier records of West Griqualand see CO 107
For records after 1910 see CO 551
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War and Colonial Department, Commissioners of Eastern Inquiry in the Cape of Good Hope, 1823-1826
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 606 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Africa
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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 336 after 1850. 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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After some dispute as to ownership of the Cape of Good Hope between colonial powers, the territory was recaptured by the British in 1806 and formally became a British colony in 1814. In 1910 Cape Colony became a province of the new Union of South Africa.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4239/
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