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EAP782/1/5/23
- Record Id:
- 040-003721037
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003720953
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111246576.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP782/1/5/23
- Title:
- Despatches from the Governor to the Secretary of State 11 Dec 1885-17 Feb 1887
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains letters written by the Governor-in-chief of the British West Africa Settlements to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, between 11 December 1885 and 17 February 1887. It includes an index that lists the subject of the despatch and the page number in the volume. For each despatch the document includes the place where it was written, the date, the name of the recipient, the signature of the sender, and the number of the despatch. It also includes the subject of the letter. The volume is bound in red cloth boards. There are some traces of mould around the binding, and slight traces of water damage in the volume.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume, 780 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
040-003721037 - 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
EAP782/1/5/23 : Despatches from the Governor to the Secretary of State 11 Dec 1885-17 Feb 1887 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003720953[0005]/036-003721014[0023]/040-003721037
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP782/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 780 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP782-1-5-23
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1885
- End Date:
- 1887
- Date Range:
- 11 Dec 1885-17 Feb 1887
- 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)