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Correspondence from individuals on matters relating to the Leeward Islands. Correspondents...

Catalogue reference: CO 152/242

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This record is about the Correspondence from individuals on matters relating to the Leeward Islands. Correspondents... dating from 1898 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Leeward Islands, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference

CO 152/242

Date

1898

Description

Correspondence from individuals on matters relating to the Leeward Islands. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Individuals:

  • H W Elstridge (St Kitts: tobacco cultivation, taxation and probable disturbances, protest against rum taxation);
  • Alfred Field and Company (Virgin Islands: estate of Edmond Vanterpool);
  • Messrs Godden, Son and Holme (Antigua: proof of death of Colonel Everard Strangways Neave);
  • William Graham (Antigua: Central Sugar Factory);
  • Samuel Galbraith (Antigua: Central Sugar Factory);
  • W H Hoar (St Kitts: conditions of quarters in prison);
  • Leonard P Hodge (Dominica: appointment as Colonial Engineer and Surveyor);
  • The Howard Association [later Howard League] (St Kitts: prison directorship);
  • Messrs Thompson, Hankey and Company (Antigua: Central Sugar Factory);
  • Messrs Henkell, Du Buesson and Company (Antigua: Central Sugar Factory);
  • Messrs F W Jamieson and Company (Montserrat: sugar industry);
  • Reverend Arthur E Jones (Dominica: grant to the Wesleyan Day School);
  • T Longh, MP (St Kitts: new tread wheel in prison);
  • E A P Leacock (Dominica: coffee growing);
  • Messrs Lee, Crerar and Company (Antigua: relief to planters, Central Sugar Factory);
  • Miss Isabella Ledingham (claims against the Colonial Government);
  • H E Lynch (Dominica: pension);
  • T Ivor Moore (Antigua: claim against the Colonial Government);
  • Dr P Manson (medical report for W H Stokes; St Kitts-Nevis: medical report for G K T Purcell; Dominica: medical report for Mr L P Hodge);
  • John Milne (Montserrat: earthquake);
  • Messrs Michelin and Company (rubber concessions);
  • G Melville (application for the Governorship of Lagos);
  • Sir Henry Norman (Dominica: sugar industry; countervailing duties);
  • Messrs Nicholson, Graham and Graham (Antigua: Central Sugar Factory);
  • Patrick O'Farrell (application for promotion);
  • William Pickering (Virgin Islands: suspension as Revenue Officer, pension claim);
  • W N Ridley and others (Dominica: railway concession, survey plans of a new road);
  • Messrs Redpath, Brown and Company (Antigua: Central Sugar Factory);
  • W H Stokes (appointment as Attorney General, passage money);
  • Donald Stewart (Antigua: Central Sugar Factory, manufacture of the cube sugar);
  • Thomas Stevenson (Dominica: mineral resources);
  • Messrs Taylor and Sons (Virgin Islands: sale of property);
  • Mrs Mariah Thomas (Dominica: estate of T Davies);
  • Edward G Todd and others (St Kitts: complaint and charges against the Administrator);
  • Percy Todd (St Kitts: case of Dr Branch);
  • Messrs J S Toppin (Dominica: complaint against the Administrator Mr Temple and the Judge Mr Pemberton);
  • Charles Watson (St Kitts: taxes on sugar estate);
  • Sir Henry T Wrenfordsley (development and financial control);
  • W M Wigley (St Kitts: extension of leave, resignation).

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Subjects
Topics
International
Manufacturing
Public disorder
Railways
Taxation
Caribbean
Pay and pensions
Resources
Food and drink
Disasters and emergencies
Prisons
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2732723/

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CO 152

Colonial Office and predecessors: Leeward Islands, Original Correspondence

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