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The corsair state of Rabat-Salé
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Series
Board of Trade: St. Eustatius Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 246
What's it about?
CO 246
This series contains one bundle of miscellaneous in-letters relating to St Eustatius.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 246
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade: St. Eustatius Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1779-1783
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains one bundle of miscellaneous in-letters relating to St Eustatius.
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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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1 bundle(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
- Trade and commerce
- 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 Eustatius was at varying times occupied by Britain, France and the Netherlands. It was a British possession in 1672-1673, 1781, 1801-1802 and 1810-1815.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4437/
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Board of Trade: St. Eustatius Original Correspondence
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