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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
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Surrogate Copies of Records
Catalogue reference: Division within PRO
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Division within PRO
Photographic copies and other surrogates of public records, the original of which date from 1100 onwards. Copies of Extraneous Documents: photographic copies are in PRO 22, and microfilm copies in PRO 28. Moulds or Impressions of Seals deposited...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within PRO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Surrogate Copies of Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1100-1995
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Description (What the record is about)
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Photographic copies and other surrogates of public records, the original of which date from 1100 onwards.
Copies of Extraneous Documents: photographic copies are in PRO 22, and microfilm copies in PRO 28.
Moulds or Impressions of Seals deposited for examination, are in PRO 23.
Impressions of Ink and Rubber Stamps, are in PRO 29.
The other series in this Division do not contain any records. Some series have been destroyed. The majority of those not destroyed were transferred to the photographic department of the PRO. The remainder are surrogates of records never held by the Public Record Office.
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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)
- 12 series
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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
- Archives and libraries
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Many of these copies were acquired for use in PRO publications.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C658/
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