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Series
Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906,...
Catalogue reference: FO 17
What's it about?
FO 17
This series contains general correspondence relating to China. Also includes despatches from the consul general at Seoul in Korea for the period 1890 to 1905.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, China
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1815-1905
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence relating to China. Also includes despatches from the consul general at Seoul in Korea for the period 1890 to 1905.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Some records are available in digital format.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- Chinese and English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1769 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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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
- International
- Asia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7337/
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Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, China
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