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Foreign Office: Consulates, Asmara, Harar and Mega, Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia):...
Catalogue reference: FO 742
What's it about?
FO 742
This series contains records from various British consulates in Abyssinia (later Ethiopia). Comprises despatches and correspondence of the consular posts at Mega, 1920 to 1933, and at Asmara from 1947, with registers of correspondence of the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 742
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulates, Asmara, Harar and Mega, Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia): General Correspondence and Registers of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1899-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records from various British consulates in Abyssinia (later Ethiopia). Comprises despatches and correspondence of the consular posts at Mega, 1920 to 1933, and at Asmara from 1947, with registers of correspondence of the Harar consulate, 1899 to 1934.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The correspondence to which the registers refer have been destroyed.
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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)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Asmara, Ethiopia, 1947-1952
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Harar, Abyssinia, 1899-1947
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Mega, Abyssinia, 1922-1963
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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27 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Public Record Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8043/
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