Catalogue description Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Venezuela (formerly Republic of Greater Colombia): General Correspondence

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Reference: FO 199
Title: Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulate, Venezuela (formerly Republic of Greater Colombia): General Correspondence
Description:

This series contains general correspondence from the British embassy and consulate in Venezuela (formerly part of the Republic of Greater Colombia).There is no correspondence for the period 1934 to 1950.

Date: 1823-1957
Separated material:

The Foreign Office state that owing to damage from white ants the following volumes had to be destroyed: 1900 Jan. - June To Foreign Office. 1902 Sept. - Dec. To Foreign Office. 1903 To Venezuelan Government and Miscellaneous 1903 Jan.-Aug. To Foreign Office. 1903 To and From Governors.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Foreign Office, Consulate, Venezuela, 1823-1968

Foreign Office, Embassy, Greater Colombia, 1823-1830

Foreign Office, Embassy, Venezuela, 1830-1887

Foreign Office, Embassy, Venezuela, 1897-1968

Physical description: 288 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

Venezuela left the Republic of Greater Colombia in 1830. Diplomatic relations between Britain and Venezuela were broken off during 1858, 1887-1897 and 1902-1903.

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