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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/43
What's it about?
PRO 30/43
The bulk of this collection consists of the letters and papers, official, semi-official and personal, of Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole.Letters and papers of Lady Frances Cole, wife of Sir Lowry Cole, of her parents James (Harris), first Earl and...
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PRO 30/43
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1752-1843
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Description (What the record is about)
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The bulk of this collection consists of the letters and papers, official, semi-official and personal, of Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole.
Letters and papers of Lady Frances Cole, wife of Sir Lowry Cole, of her parents James (Harris), first Earl and Harriet Mary Countess of Malmesbury and of some of her other relations and friends are also included, together with travel journals kept in England, Russia, France, Switzerland and South Africa by Lady Cole, Lady Malmesbury and others.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Cole, Galbraith Lowry, 1772-1842
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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122 papers
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Mabel Lowry Cole, 1936-1938
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole served in Sicily with the 27th Inniskillings (1806 to 1809), in the Peninsula as Commander of the 4th Division (1809 to 1815) and with the army of occupation at Cambrai as Commander of the 1st Division (1815 to 1818). He was also Governor of Mauritius (1823 to 1828) and of Cape Colony (1828 to 1833).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11989/
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Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole: Papers
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