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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Panama (formerly United States of Colombia): General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 288
What's it about?
FO 288
This series contains general correspondence of the British Consulate in Panama.
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 288
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Panama (formerly United States of Colombia): General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1828-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence of the British Consulate in Panama.
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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 and Spanish
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Panama, 1903-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Panama, Greater Colombia, 1827-1903
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 274 files and volumes
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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
- Americas
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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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Panama separated from the United States of New Colombia in 1903 to become independent.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7602/
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