Collection search - CO 340. Canada, Register of Out-Letters [textual record (chiefly microform)]

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CO 340. Canada, Register of Out-Letters [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Series

Date:

1872-1922.

Reference:

MG11-CO340

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104360

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Colonial Office fonds

CO 340. Canada, Register of Out-Letters
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Series includes:

14 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1872-1922.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

9 microfilm reels negative & positive.
25 cm of textual records photostats.

Language of material:

English

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Colonial Office 340 consists of registers for out-letters pertaining to Canada, providing the most nearly complete chronological list available of the correspondence which left the Colonial Office either despatched to Canada, or concerning Canadian matters. The entire class has been acquired on microfilm and is available on microfilm reels B-1634, B-1635, B-1653, B-1654, B-3029, B-3030, B-3116, B-3468, B-3469.

These registers follow the basic classification and registry procedures. Apparently, the registers have been bound in volumes corresponding to the terms of office held by successive Secretaries of State. Up to 1872-1873, CO 43 would be the appropriate class to search for out-letters; however, after these dates, researchers must rely on drafts of out-letters filed with the in-letters of CO 42. Unfortunately, not all drafts of outgoing material have been preserved in the Colonial Office papers. The "Public Offices and Individuals" out-letters from 1874 to 1880 are registered in CO 329, British North America, Registers of Out-letters. CO 340 may be used as a limited finding aid for copies of out-letters and minute sheets most often found in CO 42.

The following list gives the corresponding Index Room Number assigned by the PRO to each volume of CO 340 and the years covered by the registers: CO 340, vols. 1-3, Number 12950-12952, Years 1872-1886; CO 340, vols. 4-6, Number 15399-15401, Years 1887-1900; CO 340, vols. 7-8, Number 17733-17734, Years 1901-1907; CO 340, vols. 9-10, Number 18374-18375, Years 1908-1911; CO 340, vols. 11-14, Number 18849-18852, Years 1912-1922.

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(Paper) Finding aid No. 90, British Records on Microfilm, lists the material on each reel of microfilm. MSS0090 (Restrictions not set)
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Great Britain. Colonial Office - Registers of Out-Letters, 1872-1922

Canada 1918-1939

Canada 19th century

Canada 19e siècle

Canada 20th century

Canada 20e siècle

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

Canada 1867-1914
Source:

Private

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MG11-CO340
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Textual records: microform

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Microfilm reel

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B-1635;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-1653;

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B-3116;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-3468--B-3469;

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Textual records

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Volume [MG11 C.O. 340]

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1;

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6--10;

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Finding aid box [FA 90] 13--14

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-1634;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-1654;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-3029--B-3030;

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