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Correspondence from the Foreign Office relating almost entirely to Venezuela, including;...

Catalogue reference: CO 295/429

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This record is about the Correspondence from the Foreign Office relating almost entirely to Venezuela, including;... dating from 1904 Jan. - June in the series Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 295/429

Date

1904 Jan. - June

Description

Correspondence from the Foreign Office relating almost entirely to Venezuela, including;

Claims against the Venezuelan Government;

The imprisonment and release of Benjamin McFarlane and William Steele, British subjects, in Venezuela;

The opening of Venzuelan ports;

The opening and navigation of the Orinoco river;

Trade with Venezuela;

United States interests in Venezuela.

Also, correspondence regarding translation of Spanish laws in Trinidad relating to a legal case involving the New Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company and correspondence relating to Manuel Vieira, a Portuguese subject injured in a riot in Port of Spain in 1903.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)

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Open Document, Open Description

Subjects
Topics
International
Public disorder
Trade and commerce
Caribbean
Europe and Russia
Nationality
Americas
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CO 295

Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence

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