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Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
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Series
War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Africa, Confidential Print
Catalogue reference: CO 879
What's it about?
CO 879
This series contains confidential print on Africa. Also includes copies of a few papers earlier than 1845, and some relating to the Mediterranean.
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 879
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Africa, Confidential Print
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1642-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains confidential print on Africa. Also includes copies of a few papers earlier than 1845, and some relating to the Mediterranean.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For print relating to South Africa after 1926 see DO 116
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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 806
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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)
- 193 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2017 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5068/
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War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Africa, Confidential Print
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