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Reports from the Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into the.
1801ref. 847901801. London 1801. Folio 17" x 11". London 1801. Folio 17" x 11". The Beginning of Systematic State Records in the United Kingdom Great Britain. Parliament. Select Committee on the State of Public Records. Reports from the Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State of the Public Records of the Kingdom &c. London: Ordered by The House of Lords to be Printed 13th March 1801. 667 pp. Illustrations. Many engraved folding plates. Folio 17" x 11"; 43 x 26.5 cm. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Moderate rubbing and wear to extremities. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing and faint offsetting from plates internally clean. A very good copy. $350. With the Second Report pagenated continal. The Select Committee on the State of Public Records was commissioned by the House of Commons in 1800 to assess the location condition and types of public records in the United Kingdom. Though public record keeping was an important tradition in Britain there had been no comprehensive parliamentary proceedings on the matter since the 1731 Cotton Library fire. Chaired by Charles Abbot a barrister politician and Fellow of the Royal Society and supported by a number of prominent clerks librarians and lawyers the committee began investigating in February and submitted its first report on July 4th 1800. A second report was issued soon after. The committee found that the kingdom's public records covered a significant period of time with some dating to the Domesday Book but that there were serious issues with storage indexing and cataloguing that made them difficult to access and often in danger of succumbing to fire or dampness. It recommended the creation and construction of specialized public record offices the standardization of record keeping and administrative practices and the compilation and printing of indexes and calendars to guide researchers. Both reports were republished at the request of the House of Lords in March 1801. The committee's work led to the establishment of the Record Commissions which would operate from 1800-1837 and produce a number of important publications. These in turn gave way to the Public Record Office now the National Archives of the UK. unknown
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