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Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
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Series
Archives of Miscellaneous Commissions
Catalogue reference: FO 317
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FO 317
This series contains archives of miscellaneous commissions: Royal Commission for inquiring into the laws of naturalization and allegiance, 1868 to 1869: Lord Tenterden's minutes. Commission of Washington, USA, 1871: register of correspondence. ...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 317
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Title (The name of the record)
- Archives of Miscellaneous Commissions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1868-1892
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains archives of miscellaneous commissions:
Royal Commission for inquiring into the laws of naturalization and allegiance, 1868 to 1869: Lord Tenterden's minutes.
Commission of Washington, USA, 1871: register of correspondence.
Commission to revise the instructions to British naval officers engaged in the suppression of the slave trade, 1881 to 1882: minutes.
Behring [Bering] Sea Commission (on the sealing industry in the northern Pacific Ocean), 1891 to 1892: register of correspondence and notes of evidence.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7631/
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Archives of Miscellaneous Commissions
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