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Refusal of a Cunard steamer to take a mail bag when passing through the Turks Islands...
Catalogue reference: CO 301/64/17
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This record is about the Refusal of a Cunard steamer to take a mail bag when passing through the Turks Islands... dating from 1880 Sept 18 in the series Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 301/64/17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1880 Sept 18
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Description (What the record is about)
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Refusal of a Cunard steamer to take a mail bag when passing through the Turks Islands Passage; reporting the circumstances and requesting that pressure be put upon the company Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of Jamaica, Turks Islands No. 246
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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)
- 15957/1880
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Shipping
- International
- Caribbean
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CO 301
Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence
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