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EAP782/1/5/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003721016
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003720953
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111246552.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP782/1/5/2
- Title:
- Despatches from the Governor to the Secretary of State 17 Apr 1824-31 Jan 1825
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains letters written by the Acting Governor of Sierra Leone, Daniel Molloy Hamilton, to the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 17 April 1824 and 27 January 1825. The first part of the volume includes fourteen pages containing a summary of the despatches. There are 27 blank pages. Each letter written by the governor includes the date, the place it was written, and the signature of the sender. It sometimes includes enclosures. There is extensive damage on the cover and on the spine. Some of the pages are loose, and the edges of the paper are breaking away. There are some traces of damage from iron gall.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume, 215 folios.
Owner(s) of original material: Sierra Leone Public Archives.
Arrangement: Entries organised by date.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preserving nineteenth-century records in the Sierra Leone Public Archives
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003720953
036-003721014
040-003721016 - Is part of:
- EAP782/1 : Sierra Leone Public Archives: Records of Colonial Governors, Police and Court Officials in Freetown and Neighbouring Villages
EAP782/1/5 : Despatches from the Governor to the Secretary of State
EAP782/1/5/2 : Despatches from the Governor to the Secretary of State 17 Apr 1824-31 Jan 1825 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003720953[0005]/036-003721014[0002]/040-003721016
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP782/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 215 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP782-1-5-2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1824
- End Date:
- 1825
- Date Range:
- 17 Apr 1824-31 Jan 1825
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Sierra Leone
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Arrangement:
- Entries organised by date.
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at the Sierra Leone Public Archives.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)