Part 2, Folios 135-142. From Alexander Dundas. To Martin Bladen. A detailed account...

Part 2, Folios 135-142. From Alexander Dundas. To Martin Bladen.

A detailed account of economic activity in the West Indies, including the Guinea [West African] trade in 'negroes' [slave trade] and the trade with North America, and proposing remedies, especially with duties, for difficulties in competing with the French and Dutch. Primarily focuses on Barbados, but mentions Grenada, 'poor industrious people brought from France' to Hispaniola, St Lucia, St Vincent, Dominica, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Mary Gallante, Grand Terre; and describes the cultivation and trade in sugar, indigo, cocoa, tobacco, annatto, timber, livestock, and fish. Endorsed: 'Letter from Mr Dundas to Mr Bladen relating to Plantations trade taken out of Box No 6 to be delivered to Mr [Charles] Delafaye with directions not to be laid before the Commissioners of Bankruptcy'. [Dated between Bladen's appointment at the Board of Trade and Plantations and his death].