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Colonial Office: Southern Nigeria Protectorate Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 520
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CO 520
This series contains original correspondence relating to the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 520
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Southern Nigeria Protectorate Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900-1913
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to the Southern Nigeria Protectorate.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier correspondence relating to Lagos see CO 147
For correspondence after 1913 see CO 583
For earlier correspondence relating to the Niger Coast Protectorate see CO 444
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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)
- 131 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
- Africa
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For a register to correspondence see CO 589
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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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In 1900 territory formally under the jurisdiction of the Royal Niger Company was united with the Niger Coast Protectorate to form the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. In 1914 Southern and Northern Nigeria were united to form the British colony of Nigeria.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4710/
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