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Series
Colonial Office and Predecessors: St. Lucia Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 253
What's it about?
CO 253
This series contains original correspondence relating to St Lucia.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 253
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and Predecessors: St. Lucia Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1709-1873
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to St Lucia.
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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 précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter. Series includes some case volumes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence after 1873 see CO 321
See also CO 318
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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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150 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
- Caribbean
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of correspondence before 1850 see CO 326, after 1850 see CO 367. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714.
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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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Colonial possession of St Lucia was disputed between France and Britain and control of the island changed hands a number of times between 1605 and 1803 when Britain recaptured the island. In 1838 local government of St. Lucia was incorporated in that of the Windward Islands. St Lucia became a fully independent member state of the Commonwealth on 22 February 1979.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, 1574-1739 (HMSO, 1860-1994; CDROM edition, Routledge, 2000)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4444/
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Colonial Office and Predecessors: St. Lucia Original Correspondence
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