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Forwards despatch from President Campbell reporting further on the state of affairs...

Catalogue reference: CO 301/58/17

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This record is about the Forwards despatch from President Campbell reporting further on the state of affairs... dating from 1871 Oct 24 in the series Colonial Office: Turks and Caicos Islands Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 301/58/17
Date
1871 Oct 24
Description

Forwards despatch from President Campbell reporting further on the state of affairs in the Turks and Caicos Islands in terms that, Grant writes, 'cause much reasonable anxiety' and demand action. Campbell reports a rumour that a deputation of labourers was to visit him to demand the total removal of export duties and temporary removal of import duties, and the statements of some individuals that such action was the only thing that could avert starvation. With copies of relevant correspondence. Turks Islands No. 70, folios 170-184

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
11105/1871
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