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: Consulates, United States of America: Registers of Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 117
What's it about?
FO 117
This series contains registers of correspondence from British consulates in the United States of America. There are gaps in the series for the periods 1820 to 1822, 1834 to 1842 and 1879 to 1899.
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 117
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulates, United States of America: Registers of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1816-1929
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of correspondence from British consulates in the United States of America. There are gaps in the series for the periods 1820 to 1822, 1834 to 1842 and 1879 to 1899.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign Office, Consulates, United States of America, 1791-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 40 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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- Topics
- International
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7431/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Foreign Office: Consulates, United States of America: Registers of Correspondence
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