Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
Series
Colonial Office: Finance Department: Registered Files (FIN Series)
Catalogue reference: CO 1025
What's it about?
CO 1025
This series contains files of the Finance Department dealing with a wide range of financial questions affecting the colonies in general, including currency and the operation of various currency boards, including the British Caribbean Currency...
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 1025
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Finance Department: Registered Files (FIN Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1951-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Finance Department dealing with a wide range of financial questions affecting the colonies in general, including currency and the operation of various currency boards, including the British Caribbean Currency Board, taxation and loans, the colonial sterling balances and the Colonial Stock Acts, and the operation of Colonial Development and Welfare legislation.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- FIN file series
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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)
- Colonial Office, Finance Department, 1946-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 289 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure 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
- Welfare
- International
- Taxation
- Caribbean
- Banking
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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/C5214/
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