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Eastern and South African Telegraph Company: contract etc. for submarine cable linking...
Catalogue reference: TS 18/245
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This record is about the Eastern and South African Telegraph Company: contract etc. for submarine cable linking... dating from 1879-1893 in the series Treasury Solicitor: General Series Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- TS 18/245
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1879-1893
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Description (What the record is about)
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Eastern and South African Telegraph Company: contract etc. for submarine cable linking U.K. and Zanzibar, the Seychelles and Mauritius.
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Navy
- Communications
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5896046/
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TS 18
Treasury Solicitor: General Series Papers
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