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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Barcelona, Spain: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 637
What's it about?
FO 637
This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Barcelona, Spain. Comprises in-letters and drafts, 1819 to 1912; papers relating to nationality, repatriation, marriages, etc, 1940.
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 637
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Barcelona, Spain: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1819-1954
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Barcelona, Spain. Comprises in-letters and drafts, 1819 to 1912; papers relating to nationality, repatriation, marriages, etc, 1940.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Correspondence for the period 1913-1939 does not appear to have survived.
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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, Barcelona, Spain, 1782-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 99 files and volumes
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7938/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Foreign Office: Consulate, Barcelona, Spain: General Correspondence
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