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Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Archives
Catalogue reference: RMSP
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This record is about the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Archives dating from 1840-1958.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RMSP
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Archives
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1840-1958, comprising reports, accounts, minutes, cash books, agreements and other business records, and including some records of the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company, Nelson Line, and the Australian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- LABA
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 boxes, 78 volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Handlist. See also 'A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles', ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Company was formed in 1839 and was the principal British shipping company serving the Caribbean and the east coast of Latin America. For further details on its history, see T A Bushell, 'Royal Mail: a Centenary History of the Royal Mail Line 1839-1939' (London [1939]).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ad62065f-968f-4ab7-a2db-93ded6ccafe1/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
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Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Archives