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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Guayaquil, Ecuador: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: FO 815
What's it about?
FO 815
This series contains general correspondence of the British consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Mostly files relating to estate questions. Includes one file relating to the British Galapagos Expedition, 1938 to 1939.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 815
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Guayaquil, Ecuador: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1905-1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence of the British consulate in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Mostly files relating to estate questions. Includes one file relating to the British Galapagos Expedition, 1938 to 1939.
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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 Consulate destroyed most of their archives for the following years for reasons indicated:- 1907 to 1928 - in 1937, due to depredations of mice and polilla. 1933 to 1941 - not considered worthy of preservation.
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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)
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1850-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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26 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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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
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8114/
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