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Official correspondence: President Forth's proposal that a monthly mail service might...

Catalogue reference: CO 301/8/5

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This record is about the Official correspondence: President Forth's proposal that a monthly mail service might... dating from 1851 Dec 13 in the series Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 301/8/5
Date
1851 Dec 13
Description

Official correspondence: President Forth's proposal that a monthly mail service might be provided by Alexander Delancy [or De Lancy], 'a Negro Planter' and owner of the schooner President Forth, for the sum of £150 per year. Charles Edward Grey, Governor of Jamaica, Turks & Caicos No. 45, folios 189-194

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
726/1852
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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CO 301

Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence

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