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Eastern Roumelian Commission: British Commissioner's Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 901
What's it about?
FO 901
The series contains records of the Eastern Roumelian Commission. Consists of drafts of despatches of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, the British member; despatches to him; correspondence between him and his assistant commissioner, Lord Donoughmore;...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 901
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Title (The name of the record)
- Eastern Roumelian Commission: British Commissioner's Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878-1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains records of the Eastern Roumelian Commission. Consists of drafts of despatches of Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, the British member; despatches to him; correspondence between him and his assistant commissioner, Lord Donoughmore; miscellaneous correspondence; and two volumes printed in French relating to Statutes adopted by the Commission.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the records of the revived Commission for 1880 see pieces 527-530: FO 97/527
For further records on the situation in Eastern Roumelia see: FO 860
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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 and French
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Eastern Roumelian Commission, 1878-1879
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 volume(s)
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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
- Europe and Russia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8200/
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