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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Shanghai, China: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 671
What's it about?
FO 671
This series contains general correspondence and and lists of British subjects from the British consulate in Shanghai, China.
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 671
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Shanghai, China: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence and and lists of British subjects from the British consulate in Shanghai, China.
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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, Shanghai, China, 1843-1941
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Shanghai, China, 1945-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 581 files and volumes
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Nationality
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7972/
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