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Catalogue description Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence
| Reference: | CO 301 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence |
| Description: |
This series contains original correspondence relating to the Turks and Caicos Islands. |
| Date: | 1847-1882 |
| Arrangement: |
Bound volumes arranged chronologically and generally 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. |
| Related material: |
For earlier correspondence 1799-1848 see CO 23 For later correspondence after 1874 see CO 137 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 66 volume(s) |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
For a registers to this correspondence see CO 495 |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Turks and Caicos Islands were a dependency of the British colony of Bahamas from 1799 until 1848 when they were given their own local government. In 1874 the islands became a dependency of Jamaica. In 1959 the Turks and Caicos Islands became a unit territory within the Federation of the West Indies. With the dissolution of the federation the islands became a Crown colony. From 1965 the governor of the Bahamas was also the governor of the Turks and Caicos, until 1973 when the islands were given their own governor. |
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