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Home Office: Corsica, Entry Books
Catalogue reference: CO 65
What's it about?
CO 65
This series contains entry books relating to Corsica. They comprise précis of despatches from Sir Gilbert Elliot.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 65
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Corsica, Entry Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1794-1796
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains entry books relating to Corsica. They comprise précis of despatches from Sir Gilbert Elliot.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For entry books of out-letters relating to Corsica see WO 6/54
For correspondence relating to Corsica see FO 20
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Home Office, 1782-1782
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 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
- Europe and Russia
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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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Sir Gilbert Elliot (later the 1st Earl of Minto), was Constitutional Viceroy of Corsica 1794-1796.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4256/
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