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James Cronan 28 November 2014

The Keystone of Diplomacy. Recataloguing Treaties in The National Archives. James Cronan 28 November 2014. The project.

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James Cronan 28 November 2014

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  1. The Keystone of Diplomacy Recataloguing Treaties in The National Archives James Cronan 28 November 2014

  2. The project • 272 catalogue entries in the principal series for treaty protocols and ratifications, have had their descriptions enhanced to include the name by which they were more popularly known • Convention on Prisoners of War, 27 July 1929 – Geneva Convention • Protocol of Proceedings of the Berlin Conference, 02 August 1945 – Potsdam Agreement • Agreement on Northern Ireland, 15 November 1985 – Anglo-Irish Agreement

  3. Principal series • SP 108 1579-1780 Protocols and ratifications (556 boxes) • FO 93 1775-2003 Protocols (9300 items) • FO 94 1782-2005 Ratifications (3269 boxes and volumes)

  4. Types of treaty • Marriage and alliance • Pacifications • Truces • Trade - Mercantile intercourse and agreement

  5. What has changed

  6. What has changed

  7. Encyclopedia Britannica • Whittaker’s Almanac • Foreign Office index to treaties 1635 - 1913 • The Oxford History of the British Empire • Wikipedia Sources used

  8. 1703 Portugal: Full Powers to negotiate Treaty of Commerce SP 108/389

  9. 1713 France: Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship SP 108/72

  10. 1783 America: Treaty of Peace FO 93/8/2

  11. 1839 Belgium: Ratification of the Treaty of Peace FO 94/54

  12. 1855 Japan: Ratification of Convention of Commerce etc. FO 94/459

  13. 1856 Siam: Ratification of Treaty of Friendship and Commerce FO 94/492

  14. 1864 Turkey: Ratification of Treaty of Union of the Ionian Islands with Greece FO 94/573

  15. 1878 Turkey: Convention of Defensive Alliance between Great Britain and Turkey FO 93/110/27B

  16. 1878 Germany: Ratification of Treaty of Berlin FO 94/654

  17. 1898 China: Ratification of the Convention for Extension of Hong Kong Territory FO 94/839

  18. 1902 South Africa: Article of Agreement for the Cessation of Hostilities FO 93/107/9

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