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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Bahia, Brazil: Shipping Records and Naval Court Proceedings
Catalogue reference: FO 271
What's it about?
FO 271
This series contains shipping records and naval court proceedings from the British consulate in Bahia, Brazil. Comprises registers of shipping and protests, orders for and reports of surveys, proceedings of Naval Courts, etc.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 271
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Bahia, Brazil: Shipping Records and Naval Court Proceedings
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853-1915
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains shipping records and naval court proceedings from the British consulate in Bahia, Brazil. Comprises registers of shipping and protests, orders for and reports of surveys, proceedings of Naval Courts, etc.
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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)
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Bahia, Brazil, 1812-1915
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 33 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- 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)
- 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
- Litigation
- Navy
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7585/
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