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Series
Home Office: Criminal Entry Books, Public Departments
Catalogue reference: HO 25
What's it about?
HO 25
Out-letters to various government departments and public offices relating to criminal matters, transportation of convicts, etc. The first five volumes are indexed.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 25
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Criminal Entry Books, Public Departments
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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Out-letters to various government departments and public offices relating to criminal matters, transportation of convicts, etc. The first five volumes are indexed.
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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)
- 13 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
- Transportation
- Crime
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8889/
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