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Foreign Office: Consulate, Cologne, Germany (formerly Prussia): General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 153
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FO 153
This series contains general correspondence of the British consulate in Cologne, Germany (formerly in Prussia). There is no correspondence for the years 1807 to 1849 and 1867 to 1938.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 153
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Cologne, Germany (formerly Prussia): General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1804-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence of the British consulate in Cologne, Germany (formerly in Prussia). There is no correspondence for the years 1807 to 1849 and 1867 to 1938.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Documents for the period 1899 to 1938 have apparently not survived.
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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)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Cologne, 1796-1866
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Cologne, 1920-1939
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 box(es)
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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
- Europe and Russia
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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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The consulate was abolished in 1866 and reopened in 1899.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7467/
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