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Catalogue reference: CO 137/111
Date: 1804 Jan-June
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Arrival of 340 Indian immigrants on board Clarendon ; encloses letter from agent...
Catalogue reference: CO 137/356/14
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- 1861 July 23
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Arrival of 340 Indian immigrants on board Clarendon; encloses letter from agent general of immigration stating that 70 immigrants died [migrants' names not given]. High mortality commented upon by surgeon, agent of immigration blamed outbreak of cholera onboard.
Charles Henry Darling, Governor of Jamaica, Jamaica No.113, Folios 96-115.
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