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Series
Colonies, General: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 323
What's it about?
CO 323
This series contains general records relating to the colonies. It includes: the records formerly known as 'Plantations General' among the Board of Trade correspondence, 1689 to 1780; Law Officers reports on colonial acts; applications for...
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 323
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonies, General: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1689-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general records relating to the colonies. It includes: the records formerly known as 'Plantations General' among the Board of Trade correspondence, 1689 to 1780; Law Officers reports on colonial acts; applications for passports and colonial appointments; private correspondence of Earl Bathurst, 1822 to 1825, and R W Hay, 1825 to 1835; and correspondence, including circular despatches, relating to the colonies generally. Between 1801 and 1854, when the departments of War and the Colonies were under the same Secretary of State, much of the correspondence concerns both departments.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A cataloguing project commenced in May 2005 to list the documents in CO 323/623-956 (years 1914 to 1926) to item level; itemised descriptions within this range were released as the cataloguing was completed, and the project was concluded in November 2007.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also CO 862
For further circular despatches see CO 854
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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)
- 1931 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers see CO 326 (before 1849) and CO 378, CO 379 and CO 432 (after 1851).
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
- Microfilm copies were created as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (1948-1997). The microfilm images have been digitised and made available online by the National Library of Australia.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4514/
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Colonies, General: Original Correspondence
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