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Foreign Office: Consulate, Palermo, Italy and predecessor: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: FO 653
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FO 653
This series contains letter books from the British consulate in Palermo, Italy (formerly in Kingdom of the Two Sicilies). Comprises an account of the political and economic state of Sicily, 1810; papers concerning the Sicilian sulphur trade,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 653
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Palermo, Italy and predecessor: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1810-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains letter books from the British consulate in Palermo, Italy (formerly in Kingdom of the Two Sicilies). Comprises an account of the political and economic state of Sicily, 1810; papers concerning the Sicilian sulphur trade, 1836; an anti-Austrian manifesto, 1866, etc.; registers of births and deaths for the consular posts at Agrigento, (Girgenti), Catania, Gela (Terranova), Marsala, Mazzarra, Messina, Milazzo, Palermo, Porto Empedocle, Syracuse, Taormina and Trapani.
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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)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 1810-1861
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1861-1940
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 1944-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 29 boxes and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7954/
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