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'Case of the proprietors of Estates and others formerly inhabitants of East Florida'....
Catalogue reference: T 77/20
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This record is about the 'Case of the proprietors of Estates and others formerly inhabitants of East Florida'.... dating from 1763-1783 Various dates in the series East Florida Claims Commission: Papers and Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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T 77/20
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Date (When the record was created)
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1763-1783 Various dates
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Case of the proprietors of Estates and others formerly inhabitants of East Florida'. Reports on loyalist claims filed by boards in Bahamas and Bermuda. Arrangements for evacuation and compensation. Instructions for management of the Hobbs plantation. List of colonial governors. Account of provisions for refugees. Report on state of East Florida. Correspondence relating to the claims office. Civil establishment year ending 24 June 1783. Proclamation of cession. Grant of revenue to the King by the East Florida legislature
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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There is a calendar of this piece in W Bruce Antliff: 'Calendars of Treasury T 77/20 and T 77/21' (privately published, 2003). A copy of this book is in the library of The National Archives. Transcripts of some documents are included in these calendars.
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Refugees
- International
- Caribbean
- Americas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2585840/
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T 77
East Florida Claims Commission: Papers and Reports
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Within the series: T 77
East Florida Claims Commission: Papers and Reports
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