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Series
Colonial Office: Lagos, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 147
What's it about?
CO 147
This series contains original correspondence relating to Lagos.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 147
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Lagos, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1861-1906
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Lagos.
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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 a 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 later correspondence see CO 520
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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179 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
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of this correspondence see CO 421. Correspondence for 1883-1886 is registered in the Gold Coast registers in CO 343.
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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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Lagos was ceded to British rule by its king in 1861. It became a colony in 1862. From 1866 to 1874 it was part of the West African Settlements and from 1874 to 1886 it was ruled as part of the Gold Coast colony. Lagos became a separate crown colony again in 1886, and amalgamated with the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria in 1906.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4338/
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