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Series
Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Peru: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 177
What's it about?
FO 177
This series contains general correspondence of the British embassy and consulate in Peru. Also includes correspondence relating to Bolivia, 1903-1910 and Ecuador, 1864-1911.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 177
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Peru: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1836-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence of the British embassy and consulate in Peru. Also includes correspondence relating to Bolivia, 1903-1910 and Ecuador, 1864-1911.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further correspondence relating to Bolivia see FO 126
For further correspondence relating to Ecuador see FO 144
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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, Consulate, Peru, 1836-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Peru, 1836-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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558 boxes, files and volumes
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7491/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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