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Series
Colonial Office: Orange River Colony Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 224
What's it about?
CO 224
This series contains original correspondence relating to Orange River Colony.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 224
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Orange River Colony Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1853-1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Orange River Colony.
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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 generally 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 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)
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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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33 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
- Africa
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of this correspondence, 1901-1902, see CO 679 For registers of this correspondence, 1903-1910, see CO 663
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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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The territory between the Orange and Vaal Rivers was settled by Boers from the Cape during the Great Trek of 1836-1837 and became a republic in 1842. In 1848 it was declared to be under British sovereignty, but in 1854 the Orange Free State was recognised as an independent state. In 1899 it allied itself with the South African Republic, and in 1900 was annexed to Britain under the name of the Orange River Colony. In 1910 the state became a province of the Union of South Africa and resumed its former name of Orange Free State.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4415/
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