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Colonial Office and predecessors: Confidential General and Confidential Original...
Catalogue reference: CO 537
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CO 537
This series is mainly composed of secret despatches and telegrams withheld from the various Colony and subject and general series of original correspondence (otherwise in Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 537
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and predecessors: Confidential General and Confidential Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1759-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series is mainly composed of secret despatches and telegrams withheld from the various Colony and subject and general series of original correspondence (otherwise in Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence) at the time when they were bound up, but now declassified. The series also includes 39 volumes of papers relating to the Uganda Railway; and some unregistered correspondence.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For registers of this correspondence see CO 694
For registers of the Uganda Railway papers see CO 615
For further records relating to the Uganda Railway see CO 614
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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)
- 7878 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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/C4727/
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