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Series
Slave Trade Adviser to the Treasury: Registered Papers
Catalogue reference: HCA 37
What's it about?
HCA 37
This series consists of registered papers of the Slave Trade Adviser to the Treasury.Down to 1863 the papers have been extensively weeded, but there are calendars in the series for papers numbered 1 to 10,000 covering the period 1821 to 1864.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HCA 37
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Title (The name of the record)
- Slave Trade Adviser to the Treasury: Registered Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1821-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered papers of the Slave Trade Adviser to the Treasury.
Down to 1863 the papers have been extensively weeded, but there are calendars in the series for papers numbered 1 to 10,000 covering the period 1821 to 1864.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 132 boxes and files
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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
- Trade and commerce
- Slavery
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The papers were extensively weeded down to 1863 in accordance with a Destruction Schedule of 3 May 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8635/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: HCA
Records of the High Court of Admiralty and colonial Vice-Admiralty courts
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Slave Trade Adviser to the Treasury: Registered Papers
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