Record revealed
Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
Discover how plants travelled across the British Empire in the 19th century and the effect this has on our natural environment, and eating habits, today.
Series
Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906,...
Catalogue reference: FO 38
What's it about?
FO 38
This series contains secret communications, originally from agents on the frontier of Holland and France, but later from agents in Northern Germany and Sweden.
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 38
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, British Secret Service in Europe
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1795-1815
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains secret communications, originally from agents on the frontier of Holland and France, but later from agents in Northern Germany and Sweden.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records inherited by the Secret Intelligence Service see: HD
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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)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 17 volume(s)
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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/C7358/
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Foreign Office: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, British Secret Service in Europe
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