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Series
Foreign Office: Supreme Court, Shanghai, China: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 656
What's it about?
FO 656
This series contains consular and other correspondence relating to business of the Supreme (Consular) Court, Shanghai. Also includes the general correspondence of the Crown Advocate and his journal, recording visits made and cases heard, and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 656
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Supreme Court, Shanghai, China: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1862-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains consular and other correspondence relating to business of the Supreme (Consular) Court, Shanghai. Also includes the general correspondence of the Crown Advocate and his journal, recording visits made and cases heard, and files of the British consular assessor attached to the Mixed Court of the International Settlement.
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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, Supreme Consular Court, China, 1858-1941
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 271 volume(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Additional safe handling procedures are in place. Records must be ordered in advance.
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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
- Asia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7957/
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