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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Correspondence received from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations)...
Catalogue reference: CO 152/147
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This record is about the Correspondence received from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations)... dating from 1881 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Leeward Islands, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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CO 152/147
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Date (When the record was created)
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1881
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence received from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals on subjects concerning the Leeward Islands. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:
Offices:
- Admiralty (Mr Hancock as Judge of Vice-Admiralty Court);
- Crown Agents (Antigua: water works debentures, the steamer Union; Dominica: cement shipped on the Speroid; St Kitts: loan debentures; Montserrat: water works loan);
- Treasury (Montserrat: lease of Sombrero Island, purchase of the Union; Virgin Islands: application of Elizabeth Brown for relief, the SS Union, lease of Sombrero Island, expenses on account of the Union, sale of the Union, case of Elizabeth Brown);
- Foreign Office (Virgin Islands: Aves Island or Bird Island, importation of certain labourers into Cuba);
- War Office (Virgin Islands: travelling allowances of Captain Alexander, local allowance to Royal Engineer officers on West Indian Station).
Miscellaneous:
- Registry of Friendly Societies (Virgin Islands: Friendly Societies Act 1880);
- West Indies Incumbered Estates Committee (Virgin Islands: fees of Secretary of Incumbered Estates Court);
- Deputies of British Jews (Nevis: Jewish burial ground at Charlestown);
- West India and Panama Telegraph Company (Nevis: arrears of telegraph subsidy).
Individuals:
- T Berkeley (administration of the quarantine regulations);
- J H Berkeley (St Kitts: complaint against Mr Edwin Baynes);
- Edwin Baines (St Kitts: suspension, his supervision as Lieutenant Governor);
- Sir J H Glover (St Kitts: screw steam yacht Nooya with plan);
- F Kirkpatrick (St Kitts: Medical Officer, District No 3);
- T Macnish (St Kitts: conduct of sons of Mr E Baynes, complaint against Mr E Baynes);
- A McArthur MP (St Kitts: Wesleyan Church in the island);
- Edward Pogson (St Kitts/Nevis: amalgamation of Nevis with St Kitts).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2732625/
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CO 152
Colonial Office and predecessors: Leeward Islands, Original Correspondence
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