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Colonial Office: Ascension Original Correspondence

Description and record details

Reference CO 749
Title Colonial Office: Ascension Original Correspondence
Date 1922-1923
Description

This series contains original correspondence relating to Ascension.

Related material

For correspondence after 1923 see CO 247

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

English

Physical description 1 volume(s)
Unpublished finding aids

For a register to this correspondence see CO 823

Administrative/ biographical background

Ascension was taken under British rule in 1815 but was under Admiralty control until 1922 when responsibility was passed to the Colonial Office and made a dependency of St Helena.