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Colonial Office: Nigeria Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 583
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CO 583
This series contains original correspondence relating to Nigeria.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 583
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Nigeria Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1912-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Nigeria.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier correspondence relating to Northern Nigeria see CO 446
For further correspondence see CO 554
For earlier correspondence relating to British Cameroon see CO 649
For earlier correspondence relating to Southern Nigeria see CO 520
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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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318 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
- Africa
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of this correspondence see CO 763
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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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The colony of Nigeria was formed in 1914 by the merger of the colony and protectorate of Southern Nigeria and the protectorate of Northern Nigeria. After 1922 British Cameroon was governed as part of Nigeria.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4773/
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