No items
Catalogue description Colonial Office and Predecessors: St. Lucia Original Correspondence
| Reference: | CO 253 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Colonial Office and Predecessors: St. Lucia Original Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains original correspondence relating to St Lucia. |
| Date: | 1709-1873 |
| Arrangement: |
Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations) and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). Each volume with a contents list, or précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter. Series includes some case volumes. |
| Related material: |
See also CO 318 For correspondence after 1873 see CO 321 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 150 volume(s) |
| Publication note: |
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, 1574-1739 (HMSO, 1860-1994; CDROM edition, Routledge, 2000) |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
For registers of correspondence before 1850 see CO 326, after 1850 see CO 367. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Colonial possession of St Lucia was disputed between France and Britain and control of the island changed hands a number of times between 1605 and 1803 when Britain recaptured the island. In 1838 local government of St. Lucia was incorporated in that of the Windward Islands. St Lucia became a fully independent member state of the Commonwealth on 22 February 1979. |
Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Let us know