| Description | Official sequence of general correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain, as Secretary of State for the Colonies, and various officials and other individuals relating to Colonial Office matters; the sequence is accompanied by a contemporary register (labelled 'Miscellaneous Letters' on its cover) which records the letters alphabetically by surname of correspondent; the correspondence is then ordered chronologically and numbered within each alphabetical division; the register entry relating to each item provides the name for the correspondent, date of document and a summary of the content; the surviving correspondence has been ordered to reflect this original arrangement; each document (or its wrapper) bears the original number as allocated in the register |