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Series
War and Colonial Department: St. Thomas Entry Books of Correspondence, etc.
Catalogue reference: CO 259
What's it about?
CO 259
This series contains entry books of correspondence relating to St Thomas. Includes shipping returns and accounts of the Commissioners for liquidating the Danish and Dutch loans for St Thomas and St John.
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 259
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department: St. Thomas Entry Books of Correspondence, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1808-1815
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains entry books of correspondence relating to St Thomas. Includes shipping returns and accounts of the Commissioners for liquidating the Danish and Dutch loans for St Thomas and St John.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records see WO 121-128 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)
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- War and Colonial Department, 1801-1854
- War and Colonial Department, Commissioners for liquidating the Danish and Dutch loans for St Thomas and St John, 1808-1812
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6 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 Thomas (now part of the United States Virgin Islands) was formerly a Danish colony and part of the Danish West Indies. however in 1801 and 1807-1815 the island was captured by Britain.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4450/
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