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Catalogue description Secretary of State for the Colonies: Minorca, Original Correspondence and Entry Books
| Reference: | CO 174 |
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| Title: | Secretary of State for the Colonies: Minorca, Original Correspondence and Entry Books |
| Description: |
This series contains original correspondence relating to Minorca, and includes entry books of instructions to governors and précis of correspondence. |
| Date: | 1711-1802 |
| Arrangement: |
Arranged chronologically within the categories Original Correspondence and Entry Books of Instructions, Correspondence, etc. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 21 volume(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Britain captured Minorca from Spain in 1708 and the island was formally ceded by the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Possession of Minorca exchanged hands several times between Britain, France and Spain in the eighteenth century before being recoccupied by Britain in 1798. The island returned to Spanish rule following the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. |
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