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Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
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Colonial Office and Predecessors: General Entry Books, Series I
Catalogue reference: CO 324
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CO 324
This series contains entry books of correspondence regarding the colonies but not usually directed to the governors. Entries include instructions, petitions, grants and letters (many of a private and unofficial nature). Early volumes contain both...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 324
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and Predecessors: General Entry Books, Series I
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1662-1872
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains entry books of correspondence regarding the colonies but not usually directed to the governors. Entries include instructions, petitions, grants and letters (many of a private and unofficial nature). Early volumes contain both incoming and outgoing correspondence but later volumes only outgoing. Includes Board of Trade records for the earlier period.
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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)
- 176 volume(s)
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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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- Topics
- International
- Trade and commerce
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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/C4515/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Colonial Office and Predecessors: General Entry Books, Series I
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