Record revealed
Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
Discover how plants travelled across the British Empire in the 19th century and the effect this has on our natural environment, and eating habits, today.
Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Oporto, Portugal: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 641
What's it about?
FO 641
This series contains registers of correspondence from the British consulate in Oporto, Portugal. Comprises letter Books, 1812 to 1814 and 1908 to 1930; files of correspondence, 1931 to 1935 and 1944.
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 641
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Oporto, Portugal: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1812-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of correspondence from the British consulate in Oporto, Portugal. Comprises letter Books, 1812 to 1814 and 1908 to 1930; files of correspondence, 1931 to 1935 and 1944.
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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, Oporto, Portugal, 1805-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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61 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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- Topics
- International
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7942/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
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Foreign Office: Consulate, Oporto, Portugal: General Correspondence
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