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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire: Letter Books
Catalogue reference: FO 617
What's it about?
FO 617
This series contains letter books from the British consulate in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire. Comprises letter books of the consulate, 1844 to 1847; and registers of births and deaths, 1850 to 1921.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 617
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire: Letter Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1844-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains letter books from the British consulate in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire. Comprises letter books of the consulate, 1844 to 1847; and registers of births and deaths, 1850 to 1921.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The Israel State Archives include a collection of 'oddfiles' from the consulate, 1838 to 1914.
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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)
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire, 1838-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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9 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
- Middle East
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7918/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Foreign Office: Consulate, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire: Letter Books
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