Records of the Chief Clerk's and General Departments, 1714-1951

Component identifier:

Fonds CO

Extent:

1253 items

Content Summary:

Records of the Chief Clerk's and General Departments mainly relating to duties for registering correspondence but also relating to a variety of matters common to all Crown colonies.

Series copied (in part) by the Australian Joint Copying Project relate to general correspondence and papers dealing with Australia and New Zealand and include: entry books of correspondence; general miscellaneous correspondence; registers of incoming correspondence and outletters; draft letters patent, commissions, royal instructions, warrants etc; Honours - registers and correspondence; Index of correspondence (1812-1870); general circular despatches and replies.

Dates used in the this Series refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original Series or File.

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