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Series
War and Colonial Department: St. Croix Entry Books of Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 244
What's it about?
CO 244
This series contains entry books relating to St Croix. Also includes public accounts.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 244
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department: St. Croix Entry Books of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1808-1815
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains entry books relating to St Croix. Also includes public accounts.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For original correspondence see WO 1/95, 119-120, 129-140 and 145.
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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)
- 10 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
- Caribbean
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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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St Croix, the largest island of what are now the United States Virgin Islands, was from 1733 until 1917, a Danish colony and part of the Danish West Indies. The exceptions were the brief periods 1801-1802 and 1810-1815, when the island was under British rule.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4435/
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War and Colonial Department: St. Croix Entry Books of Correspondence
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