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Despatches from Governor George Beckwith as well as letters from various 'offices'...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/50
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This record is about the Despatches from Governor George Beckwith as well as letters from various 'offices'... dating from 1801 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 37/50
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1801
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Description (What the record is about)
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Despatches from Governor George Beckwith as well as letters from various 'offices' (government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters related to Bermuda. Despatches are described at item level; correspondence from officers and individuals is not and correspondents and subjects are as follows:
- T Coke (comments on a law passed to exclude all ministers and preachers not ordained by the Church of England of the Church of Scotland);
- Admiralty (case of the Indianer);
- Treasury (military expenditure);
- Benjamin Basden (petition regarding a brigantine which was run aground at Corunna in Spain while carrying the Reverend Father Juan Antonio Del Virgen Maria, Lord Bishop of Almeira, and his family)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2749889/
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CO 37
Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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