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Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Venezuela (formerly Republic of Greater Colombia):...
Catalogue reference: FO 199
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FO 199
This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulate in Venezuela (formerly part of the Republic of Greater Colombia).There is no correspondence for the period 1934 to 1950.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 199
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Venezuela (formerly Republic of Greater Colombia): General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulate in Venezuela (formerly part of the Republic of Greater Colombia).There is no correspondence for the period 1934 to 1950.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The Foreign Office state that owing to damage from white ants the following volumes had to be destroyed: 1900 Jan. - June To Foreign Office. 1902 Sept. - Dec. To Foreign Office. 1903 To Venezuelan Government and Miscellaneous 1903 Jan.-Aug. To Foreign Office. 1903 To and From Governors.
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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, Venezuela, 1823-1968
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Greater Colombia, 1823-1830
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Venezuela, 1830-1887
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Venezuela, 1897-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 288 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Venezuela left the Republic of Greater Colombia in 1830. Diplomatic relations between Britain and Venezuela were broken off during 1858, 1887-1897 and 1902-1903.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7513/
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