Record revealed
The Geneva Convention, 1949
This document sets out the laws its signatory nations agreed to follow around the treatment of prisoners of war, those in medical need, and civilians.
Series
Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books
Catalogue reference: HO 9
What's it about?
HO 9
Registers of the convicts in the hulks and a letter book relating to the establishment of the hulks, 1847 to 1849. Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 9
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1802-1849
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Registers of the convicts in the hulks and a letter book relating to the establishment of the hulks, 1847 to 1849.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.
-
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
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 volume(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
-
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
- Prisons
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8873/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
1,721,858 records
You are currently looking at the series: HO 9
Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books
You may be interested in
Read stories that share a catalogue subject with this record.
-
-
Record revealed
Secret letter sent to British Secret Services
During the Second World War, some British prisoners of war were able to send secret messages and intelligence back home via creative and unusual ways. -
The story of
Sophia Todd
Was a woman arrested for murder in Victorian Liverpool an unfortunate person caught up in a series of ill-fated events, or something much more sinister?
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.