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Despatches from Governor William Lumley (items 1-20) and Acting Governor William...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/81
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This record is about the Despatches from Governor William Lumley (items 1-20) and Acting Governor William... dating from 1822 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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CO 37/81
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Date (When the record was created)
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1822
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Description (What the record is about)
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Despatches from Governor William Lumley (items 1-20) and Acting Governor William Smith (items 21-29), 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. Correspondents and subjects for offices and individuals are as follows:
- Petition from 'Principal inhabitants of Bermuda' (petition containing 417 signatures against Governor Sir William Lumley).
Offices:
- Admiralty (question of whether to send 'Florida Negroes' to Trinidad or to allow them to remain in Bermuda);
- Board of Trade (consideration of certain Acts);
- Law Officers (action against Provost Marshal regarding debt of escaped prisoner, Governor's imprisonment of churchwardens);
- Board of Ordnance;
- (Captain Grant's request to reside in Bermuda);
- Treasury (payment of governor's private secretary, Daniel Leonard's petition for £500 annuity).
Individuals:
- Frederick Coster (Rev George Coster's exclusion from the Select Vestry);
- James Christie Esten, Chief Justice (cases of Basham v Needham and Basham v Atkins);
- Greenwood & Cox (Governor's salary);
- Robert Kennedy, Colonial Secretary (case against Provost Marshal regarding debt of escaped prisoner, ecclesiastical matters in St Georges);
- Daniel Leonard (petition outlining service and requesting an annuity);
- More & Lightfoot (estate of deceased William Critchley);
- Richard Penn (Colonel Cockburn's service);
- John Taggart, former British Navy Midshipman (petition outlining service and requesting appointment as harbourmaster and King's pilot at Berbice in British Guiana).
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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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2749920/
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CO 37
Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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