FO 27. General Correspondence, France [textual record (chiefly microform)]

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FO 27. General Correspondence, France [textual record (chiefly microform)]

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Date:

1709-1905.

Reference:

MG16-FO27

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

105620

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Foreign Office fonds

FO 27. General Correspondence, France
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Series includes:

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

1709-1905.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

54 microfilm reels
10 cm of textual records : transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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The class FO 27 consists of the general correspondence of Great Britain with its representatives in France and French representatives in Great Britain. The National Archives of Canada has microfilmed a selection of this material, chiefly volumes designated "Newfoundland Fisheries" comprising a series of case volumes of the correspondence between British and French officials relating to the Newfoundland Fisheries. They contain the collected memoranda, correspondence, and notes of French, British and Colonial officials, extracts of the articles of treaties, drafts of replies from the Foreign Office, and other papers relating to Newfoundland fisheries. This material is located on microfilm reels B-1699, B-1911 to B-1939, B-2033 to B-2050, B-2279 to B-2281, B-2394 to B-2396.

The transcribed volume, FO 27/2, consists of selections from papers relating to the negotiations which preceded the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The transcripts are available on microfilm reel C-12906.

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid 90, British Records on Microfilm, provides a brief description of the content of each microfilm reel including outside dates, volume number, and general subject matter. MSS0090 (90: Open)

Textual records (Microform) Supplementary, unpublished lists relating to FO 27 prepared by the Public Record Office have been microfilmed and included on microfilm reel B-1699. (90: Open)

Textual records (Paper) The "List of Foreign Office Records to 1837 preserved in the Public Record Office", London: 1914, lists the contents of FO 27. (90: Open)

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General Note:

The content and organization of this class of records are similar to FO 5.

Related material:

Related material may be found in FO 97, Supplement to General Correspondence. See also FO 802, Registers.
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Fisheries - Newfoundland, 1709-1905 Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1783, Sept. 3, 1782

Great Britain - Foreign relations - France, 1709-1905 United States. Treaties, etc. Great Britain, 1783, Sept. 3, 1782

France - Foreign relations - Great Britain, 1709-1905

Colonial administrators Newfoundland

Fisheries - Great Britain - Colonies, 1709-1905

Fisheries - France - Colonies, 1709-1905

Versailles, Treaty of, 1783, 1782

United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Treaties, 1782

Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes, 1782

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

France
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Private

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MG16-FO27
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel [MG16 F.O. 27]

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-1699;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-1911--B-1939;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-2033--B-2050;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-2279--B-2280;

[Consultation 90 Open]

B-2394--B-2396;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Microfilm reel B-2281

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG16 F.O. 27] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 90] 13--14

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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FO 27. General Correspondence, France [textual record (chiefly microform)]

FO 27. General Correspondence, France [textual record (chiefly microform)]