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Series
Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulates, Dominican Republic: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 140
What's it about?
FO 140
This series contains general correspondence of the British embassy and consulates in the Dominican Republic. Includes marriage warrants for consuls at Santo Domingo (1849 and 1868). There is no correspondence for the period 1905 to 1924.
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FO 140
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulates, Dominican Republic: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1848-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence of the British embassy and consulates in the Dominican Republic. Includes marriage warrants for consuls at Santo Domingo (1849 and 1868). There is no correspondence for the period 1905 to 1924.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulates, Dominican Republic, 1844-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Dominican Republic, 1844-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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29 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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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/C7454/
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Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulates, Dominican Republic: General Correspondence
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