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Series
Colonial Office: Wei-Hai-Wei Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 521
What's it about?
CO 521
This series contains original correspondence relating to Wei-Hai-Wei.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 521
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Wei-Hai-Wei Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1898-1933
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Wei-Hai-Wei.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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86 files and volumes
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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
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers to this correspondence see CO 770
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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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Wei-Hai-Wei was leased to Britain by China in 1898 and returned to Chinese rule in 1930.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4711/
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Colonial Office: Wei-Hai-Wei Original Correspondence
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