Item
Duplicate of CO 37/42/9. Folios 23-24
Catalogue reference: CO 37/42/10
Date: 1790 Apr 15
Duplicate of CO 37/42/9. Folios 23-24
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Agrees to lay a telegraph cable between Bermuda and Antigua if the Government can...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/214/58
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CO 37/214/58
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1883 Oct 13
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Agrees to lay a telegraph cable between Bermuda and Antigua if the Government can guarantee that 3 percent on £500,000 will be paid to shareholders; encloses a report by George Baden-Powell on telegraphic communication with the West Indies. Also see CO 37/214/6, CO 37/214/15, CO 37/214/18, and CO 37/214/47.
Kenneth M Lea, Pages 599-628
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17621/1883
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