Editing State papers (section)

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The term '''state papers''' is used in Britain and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] to refer to [[government]] archives and records. Such papers used to be kept separate from non-governmental papers, with state papers kept in the State Paper Office and general public records kept in the [[Public Record Office]]. When they were written, they were regarded as the personal papers of the government officials writing them, but in 1702, the State Papers Office was established and requisitioned them.