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Duplicate of CO 37/42/9. Folios 23-24
Catalogue reference: CO 37/42/10
Date: 1790 Apr 15
Duplicate of CO 37/42/9. Folios 23-24
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Forwards a petition from Joseph Bennet requesting a grant of a small cottage which...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/147/5
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Forwards a petition from Joseph Bennet requesting a grant of a small cottage which had been escheated to the Crown. Explains that Bennet was a free 'man of colour' who resided in Bermuda and was born in Maryland in about 1781.
Acting Governor Williams, Convicts, No. 88, folios 17-25
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