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Series
Colonial Office: Indexed Précis of Incoming Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 714
What's it about?
CO 714
This series consists of analytical, chronologically ordered précis of incoming communications relating to various colonial possessions. Not all of the colonies are equally catered for: some have no précis of communications under certain...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 714
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Indexed Précis of Incoming Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1795-1874
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of analytical, chronologically ordered précis of incoming communications relating to various colonial possessions. Not all of the colonies are equally catered for: some have no précis of communications under certain categories, such as individual correspondents; some colonies have précis only, with no accompanying indexes. The series was compiled as a finding aid by the Colonial Office librarian, who then had custody of the original correspondence.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The volumes are arranged by colony, with one volume forming an alphabetical index providing the date of entries on various subjects in the chronologically ordered, analytical précis volumes. The précis entries are arranged according to correspondent, with categories for governors general, government departments and for individuals. Within each category, entries are in chronological order.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, Librarian, 1854-1966
- War and Colonial Department, Librarian, 1817-1854
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 171 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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/C4903/
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