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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Series
Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Pacific and Indian Ocean Department: Registered...
Catalogue reference: CO 1036
What's it about?
CO 1036
This series contains records of the Pacific Department and Pacific and Indian Ocean Department relating to the following territories in the Pacific and Indian Oceans: Mauritius, the Seychelles, Fiji, Tonga, the Pitcairn Island Group, the Gilbert...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 1036
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Pacific and Indian Ocean Department: Registered Files (PAC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1952-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Pacific Department and Pacific and Indian Ocean Department relating to the following territories in the Pacific and Indian Oceans: Mauritius, the Seychelles, Fiji, Tonga, the Pitcairn Island Group, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands, Christmas Island and other smaller Pacific islands and groups; and also to matters affecting the Pacific generally, including the work of the South Pacific Commission.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier correspondence see:
For later Commonwealth Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office files, see FCO 32 CO 1030 CO 225
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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)
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PAC file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, Pacific and Indian Ocean Department, 1960-1967
- Colonial Office, Pacific Department, 1955-1960
- Commonwealth Office, Pacific and Indian Ocean Department, 1967-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1725 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5225/
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