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Records of the British Colonial Office, Class 5 Files

Location: Microfilm JV 1016 G83 1981

Scope

Part 1: Westward Expansion1700-1783 (primarily consisting of correspondence with the Colonial Governors)
Part 2: Board of Trade (primarily consisting of correspondence with plantations and the Virginia Board of Trade)
Part 3: French and Indian War (primarily consisting of military correspondence)
Part 4: Royal Instructions and Commissions to Colonial Officials1702-1784 (primarily consisting of instructions for the Colonial Governors and letters to plantations)
Part 5: American Revolution, 1772-1784 (transcripts of military correspondence of British Generals, letters, legal materials, correspondence of Colonial officials, etc.)

How to search the collection

There is no subject index to this collection.  There is a reel index for each part.

Guides

British Public Record Office, Colonial Office, Class 5 Files:
Westward Expansion, 1700-1783; The Board of Trade; The French and Indian War 
(Microfilm JV 1016 G83 1981 pt. 1-3 Guide)

British Public Record Office, Colonial Office, Class 5 Files: Part 4: Royal Instructions and Commissions to Colonial Officials, 1702-1784. (Microfilm JV 1016 G83 1981 pt.4 Guide)

British Public Record Office, Colonial Office, Class 5 Files: Part 5: The American Revolution, 1772-1784. (Microfilm JV 1016 G83 1981 pt. 5 Guide)