Correspondence - General

Introduction

The majority of the Falkland Islands Company Limited’s correspondence was accessioned in 2013 and work is ongoing on cataloguing. The inward despatches have now been boxed as Series C.  Series D consists of copies of outward despatches which were bound in manuscript books.  General correspondence is filed under Series EF and correspondence to/from the Falkland Islands Government is filed under Series EG.

The Precis of Subjects has been mostly transcribed from the volumes named with additional data added. The details of Falkland Islands Government correspondence was prepared for internal staff use and only covers some years and is not necessarily a complete description of topics.

Lane's Despatches for 1858 and 1859 No's 1 to 39 is a transcription of the original manuscript book with additional notes.

Despatches C & D - 1867 to 1938.pdf(223.38 KB)

D12 - Outwards Precis - 11 Jul 1910 to 11 Oct 1915.pdf(1.11 MB)

D13 - Outwards Precis - 9 Nov 1915 to 29 Dec 1922.pdf(1.17 MB)

Miscellaneous E - 1858 to 1899.pdf(220.87 KB)

Lanes Despatches for 1858 and 1859 Nos 1 to 39 - E3.pdf(1.88 MB)

General Correspondence - Inward and Outward - Series EF.pdf(417.66 KB)

Falkland Islands Government Inwards Outwards EG - 1871 to 1985 R.pdf(339.04 KB)

SERIES C:

London Office to Stanley Office - 8 Feb 1867-10 Dec 1869 - Desp 341-398 - FIC-C1.pdf(14.23 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 8 Jan 1870-23 Dec 1874 - Desp 399-483 - FIC-C1.pdf(21.88 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 8 Jan 1875-29 Dec 1879 - Desp 484-551 - FIC-C1.pdf(24.39 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 29 Jan 1880-5 Jun 1883 - Desp 552-625 - FIC-C1.pdf(21.33 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 12 Jul 1883-19 Oct 1886 - Desp 626-679 - FIC-C2.pdf(18.71 MB)

NB: Despatches 680, 681, 682, 683 & 684 are missing

London Office to Stanley Office - 19 Mar 1887-14 Dec 1889 - Desp 685-732 - FIC-C2.pdf(15.5 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 18 Jan 1890-10 Dec 1892 - Desp 733-778 - FIC-C2.pdf(24.21 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 16 Jan 1893-8 Dec 1894 - Desp 779-806 - FIC-C2.pdf(10.46 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 14 Jan 1895-19 Dec 1896 - Desp 807-842- FIC-C3.pdf(10.9 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 12 Jan 1897-24 Mar 1899 - Desp 843-888- FIC-C3.pdf(15.31 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 8 Apr 1899-28 Dec 1900 - Desp 889-924 - FIC-C4.pdf(12.4 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 23 Jan 1901-23 Dec 1903 - Desp 925-973 - FIC-C4.pdf(14 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 11 Jan 1904-16 Dec 1908 - Desp 974-1054 - FIC-C5.pdf(22.59 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 13 Jan 1909-11 Dec 1912 - Desp 1055-1113 - FIC-C6.pdf(19.58 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 8 Jan 1913-27 Jun 1917 - Desp 1114-1179 - FIC-C7.pdf(20.29 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 21 Aug 1917-28 May 1925 - Desp 1180-1257 missing 1215 - FIC-C8.pdf(23.13 MB)

London Office to Stanley Office - 17 Jul 1925-13 Nov 1931 - Desp 1258-1344 - FIC-C9.pdf(23.44 MB)

 SERIES D:

Despatch Book 9. Stanley Office to London Office - 9 Nov 1915 to 24 Nov 1917 - Desp 501 to 538 - FIC-D13.pdf(21.98 MB)

Despatch Book 9. Stanley Office to London Office - 28 Jan 1918 to 4 Dec 1919 - Desp 539 to 558 - FIC-D13.pdf(23.69 MB)

Despatch Book 9. Stanley Office to London Office - 20 Jan 1920 to 1 Dec 1921 - Desp 559 to 588 - FIC-D13.pdf(20.62 MB)

Despatch Book 9. Stanley Office to London Office - 18 Jan 1922 to 27 Dec 1922 - Desp 589 to 603 and precis - FIC-D13.pdf(18.34 MB)

Despatch Book 10. Stanley Office to London Office - 31 Jan 1923 to 13 Dec 1924 - Desp 604 to 633 - FIC-D14.pdf(26.67 MB)

Despatch Book 10. Stanley Office to London Office - 3 Jan 1925 to 8 Mar 1927 - Desp 634 to 665 - FIC-D14.pdf(23.57 MB)

Despatch Book 10. Stanley Office to London Office - 11 Apr 1927 to 15 Jul 1929 - Desp 666 to 702 - FIC-D14.pdf(22.37 MB)

Despatch Book 10. Stanley Office to London Office - 10 Aug 1929 to 3 Apr 1930 - Desp 703 to 711 and precis - FIC-D14.pdf(15.68 MB)

Despatch Book 11. Stanley Office to London Office - 29 Apr 1930 to 16 Mar 1932 - Desp 712 to 736 - FIC-D15.pdf(26.04 MB)

Despatch Book 11. Stanley Office to London Office - 2 Apr 1932 to 12 Apr 1934 - Desp 737 to 757 - FIC-D15.pdf(26.52 MB)

Despatch Book 11. Stanley Office to London Office - 25 May 1934 to 4 March 1935 - Desp 758 to 767 - FIC-D15.pdf(17.94 MB)

Despatch Book 11. Stanley Office to London Office - 23 April 1935 to 25 Jun 1937 - Desp 768 to 793 - FIC-D15.pdf(15.92 MB)

Despatch Book 11. Stanley Office to London Office - 29 Jul 1937 to 12 Dec 1938 - Desp 794 to 815 - FIC-D15.pdf(13.45 MB)

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