Item
'The West Indies and Imperial aid.' (9 pages) Continued from CO 884/6/92.
Catalogue reference: CO 884/9/13
Date: 1907 June
'The West Indies and Imperial aid.' (9 pages) Continued from CO 884/6/92.
Item
'Papers relating to the insurrection in Jamaica: October 1865.' Contains despatches...
Catalogue reference: CO 884/2/2
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This record is about the 'Papers relating to the insurrection in Jamaica: October 1865.' Contains despatches... dating from 1865 Oct 20-1865 Dec 1 in the series War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: West Indies, Confidential Print. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 884/2/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865 Oct 20-1865 Dec 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Papers relating to the insurrection in Jamaica: October 1865.' Contains despatches from Edward Eyre, Governor of Jamaica and Edward Cardwell, Secretary of State for the Colonies concerning the Morant Bay rebellion, and includes references to George William Gordon, executed as the 'chief cause and origin of the whole rebellion'. (185 pages)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- West Indian No. 2
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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CO 884
War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: West Indies, Confidential Print
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