Despatches from Acting Governor William Smith and Governor Sir Hilgrove Turner as...

Despatches from Acting Governor William Smith and Governor Sir Hilgrove Turner 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:

Offices:

• Board of Trade (Mr Holland's case);
• Home Office (convicts for Ordnance Department works);
• Law Officers (burglary case of a slave named Joe Brown);
• James Stephen, legal adviser (proposed report on institutions and laws of the island, Mr Butterfield's case);
• Navy Office (Mr Musson's passage);
• Board of Ordnance (Fort Cunningham);
• Treasury (Mr Evan's wish to sell property of J W Douglass an alien, Sir William Lumley's military allowance, proposed estimate of the civil establishment, Mr Musson's salary advance);
• Ecclesiastical Board (approval of Reverend Pott for vacant benefice).

Individuals:

• Mrs Bell (sends letter to Mr Justice);
• Thomas Butterfield (requests restoration to office of Advocate and Attorney General, claim to legal appointment);
• Edward Connor (requests a free passage to Bermuda);
• Mrs Mary Daniell alias Greene (claim to property of her uncle John Greene);
• J C P Esten (his father's salary);
• Greenwood Cox & Company (Sir William Lumley's passage money, Sir H Turner's allowance for commanding the troops);
• James Holland (his case, claims to financial assistance, justification of his conduct, requests an interview with Mr Wilson);
• Frederick Justice (payment of salary as attorney general, resigns situation of solicitor general, disallowance of his half salary);
• Robert Kennedy (financial concerns, his conduct, result of Joseph Grogan's [Gwyn's ?] trial for the murder of Mr Folger, general feelings of the colonists);
• Sir William Lumley (agitated state of the island, proposal to make St George a free port, merits of Robert Kennedy);
• John P Musson (thanks for appointment as attorney general, applies for post of slave protector, passage money, conveyance to Bermuda);
• Bishop of Nova Scotia (report of his visit);
• Mr Onslow (thanks for attention to Mr Justice's claim);
• Reverend Francis Pott (possession of the land for which he had been recommended);
• W Turner (asks for assistance in obtaining payment of a debt due from Mr Musson);
• Thomas Wilson (Mr Holland's claims).

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