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, Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 704
What's it about?
FO 704
This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa. Correspondence concerns the supply of munitions to the Boers, 1899 to 1901, and events leading up to the declaration of war, 1913 to 1914.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 704
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa: General Correspondence
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1899-1914
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series contains general correspondence from the British consulate in Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa. Correspondence concerns the supply of munitions to the Boers, 1899 to 1901, and events leading up to the declaration of war, 1913 to 1914.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa, 1899-1914
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 volume(s)
-
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))
-
- Topics
- International
- Weapons
- Africa
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8005/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
You are currently looking at the series: FO 704
Foreign Office: Consulate, Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa: General Correspondence
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom. -
Focus on
Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
In 1938, thanks to years of work by a remarkable female agent, MI5 ensured a package of British defence plans stayed secret.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.