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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Dresden and Leipzig, Saxony: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: FO 218
What's it about?
FO 218
This series contains registers of correspondence of the British legations at Dresden and Coburg relating to the kingdom of Saxony (later part of German state), the grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the duchies of Saxe-Altenburg,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 218
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Dresden and Leipzig, Saxony: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
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1819-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of correspondence of the British legations at Dresden and Coburg relating to the kingdom of Saxony (later part of German state), the grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the duchies of Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Saxe-Meiningen, and the principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont. Comprises registers of marriages, deaths and passports; circulars and other printed papers.
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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, Dresden, Germany, 1816-1914
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Leipzig, Germany, 1836-1914
- Foreign Office, Legation, Dresden, Germany, 1816-1914
- Foreign Office, Legation, Leipzig, Germany, 1845-1914
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6 volume(s)
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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
- Population
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7532/
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Foreign Office: Consulate and Legation, Dresden and Leipzig, Saxony: Miscellanea
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