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Series
Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indian Incumbered Estates Commission
Catalogue reference: CO 441
What's it about?
CO 441
This series contains records of the West Indian Incumbered Estates Commission. Comprises journals, entry and other books, accounts and vouchers, correspondence, plans, deeds and papers of the Commission.
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 441
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indian Incumbered Estates Commission
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1715]-1893
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the West Indian Incumbered Estates Commission. Comprises journals, entry and other books, accounts and vouchers, correspondence, plans, deeds and papers of the Commission.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The surname of the owner given in the piece description represents the short title of each case. It is followed by the name of the estate.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- West Indian Incumbered Estates Commission, 1854-1886
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 25 box(es)
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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
- Caribbean
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4631/
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