Colonial Office records: Straits Settlements, 1838-1922 (inclusive), [microform].

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Colonial Office records: Straits Settlements, 1838-1922 (inclusive), [microform].

The records consist of 520 volumes of correspondence (1-520 of 665 volumes) relating to the Straits Settlements. The records constitute part of Public Record Office group Colonial Office class 273 (PRO CO 273).

517 reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6737468

Yale University Library

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