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A term State papers is utilized in the British and Irish contexts to refer exclusively to government archives & records. Such papers utilized to exist as saved separate from either non-governmental papers, by having state papers saved in the State Paper Office and general public records kept in the Public Records Office.

Withinside Ireland in 1921, a IRA, not caring a difference, blew higher the Public Records Professional within Dublin, destroying one thous& years of archives, including invaluable church records, deeds, personal archives and more documents. A IRA thought a archives contained government records.

A Irish State Paper Professional contained papers from either a agents of President of Ireland Taoiseach Dáil Éireann & Seanad Éireann a lot government departments since 1922, & retiring agents of state, including King of Ireland Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland relating to Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Chief Secretary for Ireland Under Secretary for Ireland Irish House of Commons & Irish House of Lords House of Commons of Southern Ireland Attorney-General for Ireland Governor-General of the Irish Free State

A Irish State Paper Professional was located in Dublin Castle, while a Irish Public Records Professional was placed at a Four Courts. In the late 1980s the distinction was abolished & each archives merged & located in a fresh National Archives of Ireland in Bishop St. within Dublin City center.

A British National Archives is located in Kew near London. A Royal Archives are kept individually at Windsor Castle.

Look at also

The Charter of New England : 1620
Complete text of the British Charter for the settlement of New England.

Early Plymouth Letters
Letters written by pilgrims at Plymouth, including William Bradford, Emmanuel Altham, and John Robinson.

The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia, presents a collection of browsable and searchable texts and analysis papers on the Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691.

An Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company
Establishment of a self-governing assembly in Virginia, 1621, complete text.

Virginia Colonial Records Project
Databases of primary source doucments at the Library of Virginia.

Account of the Boston Massacre
English Captain, Thomas Preston, describes to his king a situation of near anarchy in which he and his men were forced to exercise crowd control, with the use of some musketry, in the colonies.

The Laws of Virginia 1610-1611
From American History Online. Includes laws on blasphemy, uttering "traitorous words" against the king, church attendance, and sacrilege.

New England Articles of Confederation, 1643
Complete text of the first attempt to unite the colonies of New England.

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
Text of American patriot Patrick Henry's historic speech. From the University of Oklahoma Law Center.

Virtualology.com: Articles of Confederation
Includes text, links, biographical information about each signer.


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