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Series
Colonial Office: Vancouver Island Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 305
What's it about?
CO 305
This series contains original correspondence relating to Vancouver Island.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 305
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Vancouver Island Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Vancouver Island.
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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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence after 1871 see CO 42
For correspondence from 1867 to 1871 see CO 60
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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)
- 30 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
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers to correspondence before 1853 see CO 328, after 1853 see CO 373. 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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Vancouver Island became a colony in 1849. In 1866 the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia united under the name of the latter. In 1871 British Columbia became a province of the Dominion of Canada.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4496/
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