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Series
Colonial Office and predecessors: Grenada, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 101
What's it about?
CO 101
This series contains original correspondence relating to Grenada.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 101
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and predecessors: Grenada, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1747-1873
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Grenada.
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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 1787 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 correspondence after 1874 see CO 321
See also CO 318
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 135 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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of correspondence before 1850 see CO 326, after 1850 see Windward Island registers in CO 376. 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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Grenada was temporarily settled by the English in 1609 and became French in 1650. It was captured by Britain in 1762 and ceded to her by France in 1763. Captured by France in 1779, it was restored to Britain in 1783 and reoccupied by Britain in 1784. In 1833 it became part of the Windward Islands federation. When the post of governor of the Windward Islands was abolished in 1960, a new constitution was introduced. Grenada was a member of the Federation of the West Indies between 1958 and 1962; it became a fully independent state within the Commonwealth on 7 February 1974.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4292/
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