Item
Copy in CO 879/5,...
Catalogue reference: CO 879/5/1
Date: [1873]
Copy in CO 879/5, no. 35
Item
Abandonment of McCarthy's Island, River Gambia; correspondence. Includes petitions...
Catalogue reference: CO 879/3/2
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This record is about the Abandonment of McCarthy's Island, River Gambia; correspondence. Includes petitions... dating from 1865 September 11 - 1866 June 9 in the series War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Africa, Confidential Print. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 879/3/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865 September 11 - 1866 June 9
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Description (What the record is about)
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Abandonment of McCarthy's Island, River Gambia; correspondence. Includes petitions of merchants and traders, local African affairs, and details of fugitive domestic slaves. (31 pages)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- African No. 23
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8907177/
Series information
CO 879
War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Africa, Confidential Print
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Abandonment of McCarthy's Island, River Gambia; correspondence. Includes petitions...
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