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Foreign Office: Consulates, Belgian Congo: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 629
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FO 629
This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Belgian Congo (formerly Congo Free State). Includes correspondence of HM Consul for the Congo Free State at Old Calabar, 1889 to 1890; the vice-consulates at Boma, 1893 to...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 629
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulates, Belgian Congo: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1889-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Belgian Congo (formerly Congo Free State). Includes correspondence of HM Consul for the Congo Free State at Old Calabar, 1889 to 1890; the vice-consulates at Boma, 1893 to 1894 and 1906, and Matadi and St Paul de Loanda, 1899; files on the Protestant Council of Congo, 1938; and papers relating to Sir Roger Casement's investigation of atrocities in the Congo, 1902 to 1903.
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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, Consulates, Belgian Congo, 1907-1960
- Foreign Office, Consulates, Congo Free State, 1889-1907
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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109 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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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)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7930/
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