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Series
Colonies General Register of Secret Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 694
What's it about?
CO 694
This series contains the Colonial Office's general registers of secret correspondence. A few of the earlier entries relate to specific colonies correspondence series.
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 694
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonies General Register of Secret Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the Colonial Office's general registers of secret correspondence. A few of the earlier entries relate to specific colonies correspondence series.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- CO 540, CO 655, CO 710, CO 711
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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)
- 70 volume(s)
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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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- Topics
- International
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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/C4883/
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