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Series
Home Office: Printed Memoranda and Reports
Catalogue reference: HO 347
What's it about?
HO 347
Printed memoranda and reports, mostly extracted from registered papers, bound into volumes for internal reference use. They cover the range of Home Office responsibilities, including the administration of justice, the Metropolitan Police,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 347
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Title (The name of the record)
- Home Office: Printed Memoranda and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838-1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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Printed memoranda and reports, mostly extracted from registered papers, bound into volumes for internal reference use. They cover the range of Home Office responsibilities, including the administration of justice, the Metropolitan Police, children, explosives, mines and factories. There are some indexes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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30 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
- Manufacturing
- Weapons
- Children
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9211/
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