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Despatches from Governor John Hodgson (Aug - Dec) and letters from offices (government...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/62
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This record is about the Despatches from Governor John Hodgson (Aug - Dec) and letters from offices (government... dating from 1807 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 37/62
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1807
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Description (What the record is about)
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Despatches from Governor John Hodgson (Aug - Dec) and letters from offices (government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters related to Bermuda. Despatches are described at item level; letters from offices and individuals are not.
- Treasury (military expenditure, proceeds of Spanish property taken before commencement of hostilities, purchase of a government schooner, provisions brought by the Hannah);
- Council Office (grant of licences to British vessels to trade with St Domingo ports, appointment of James Christie Esten and Tudor Hinson to Bermuda's Council, assent to Acts);
- Vice Admiral G Berkeley (defence of Bermuda, trade with the United States of America, smuggling, establishment of a free port);
- Board of Trade (importation of salt provisions from the United States of America);
- Admiralty (protection of Turk's Island trade).
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2749901/
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CO 37
Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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