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Foreign Office: Consulates and Legation, Germanic Confederation (formerly the Confederation...
Catalogue reference: FO 208
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FO 208
This series contains correspondence of the British legation at Frankfurt-am-Main, the seat of the Federal Diet of the Germanic Confederation. Also includes correspondence with Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Darmstadt and Nassau (to which courts the British...
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FO 208
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulates and Legation, Germanic Confederation (formerly the Confederation of the Rhine): General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1810-1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence of the British legation at Frankfurt-am-Main, the seat of the Federal Diet of the Germanic Confederation. Also includes correspondence with Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Darmstadt and Nassau (to which courts the British envoy to the Diet was also accredited); with the free city of Frankfurt; and with the representatives at the Diet of such smaller German powers as Hesse-Hamburg, Lippe-Detmold, Reuss-Greiz, Reuss-Schleiz, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, at which courts Britain was not formally represented.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later Hesse-Darmstadt correspondence see FO 255
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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, Germanic Confederation, 1815-1866
- Foreign Office, Legation, Germanic Confederation, 1815-1866
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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90 box(es)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7522/
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Foreign Office: Consulates and Legation, Germanic Confederation (formerly the Confederation of the Rhine): General Correspondence
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