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Despatches from Deputy Governor John Ince (items 1-16) and from Lord Seaforth, Governor...
Catalogue reference: CO 28/71
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This record is about the Despatches from Deputy Governor John Ince (items 1-16) and from Lord Seaforth, Governor... dating from 1804 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Barbados, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 28/71
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1804
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Description (What the record is about)
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Despatches from Deputy Governor John Ince (items 1-16) and from Lord Seaforth, Governor of Barbados (items 17-31) together with correspondence from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and from individuals. Despatches are described at item level; other correspondence is not and correspondents and subjects are as follows:
- Treasury (seeks approval of bills submitted by the Governor);
- Board of Trade (observations on an Act);
- Lord Seaforth, writing from London (reply to Board of Trade queries, request for an increase in his salary and allowances [3 items], arrangements for payment of his salary while on leave, request for payment of his passage to Barbados);
- G W Jordan, Agent for Barbados (petition from Nova Scotia merchants concerning duties payable in the West Indies);
- General Post Office (Governor's complaints about Captain Lawrence of the Duke of Cumberland packet with copy of a letter from Lawrence);
- Board of Ordnance (misconduct of Mr Savery the former Ordnance Storekeeper at Barbados)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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CO 28
Colonial Office and predecessors: Barbados, Original Correspondence
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