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Series
Board of Trade and War and Colonial Department: General Registers
Catalogue reference: CO 326
What's it about?
CO 326
This series comprises the Board of Trade (BT) registers and indexes of letters received and of the minutes of the Board referring both to its trade and colonial papers between 1635 and 1787. It includes also the general registers of the colonial...
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 326
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade and War and Colonial Department: General Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1623-1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises the Board of Trade (BT) registers and indexes of letters received and of the minutes of the Board referring both to its trade and colonial papers between 1635 and 1787. It includes also the general registers of the colonial letters received in the Secretary of State's Office between 1810 and 1849, after which date the registers are arranged under the respective colonies. Early volumes give a brief account of the contents of the letters; later volumes note the correspondent's name, the date of reply and action taken.
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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)
- 358 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
- 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/C4517/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
372,534 records
Within the department: CO
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Board of Trade and War and Colonial Department: General Registers
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