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Colonial Office: Cameroons: Original correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 649
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CO 649
This series contains original correspondence relating to Cameroons.
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 649
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Cameroons: Original correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Cameroons.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later correspondence see CO 583
For further correspondence see CO 554
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 31 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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)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 registers to correspondence see CO 750
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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 Cameroons were captured from German rule by British and French troops in 1916 and divided into two parts. After 1922 the British ruled sector was administered as part of Nigeria.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4839/
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