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War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Heligoland, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 118
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CO 118
This series contains original correspondence relating to Heligoland.
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- CO 118
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Heligoland, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1807-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Heligoland.
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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)
- 62 volume(s)
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- Topics
- International
- 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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Heligoland was captured by Britain from Denmark in 1807 and ceded to Germany in exchange for Zanzibar in 1890.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4309/
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