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Command of Government devolved to W. Lucas due to absence of General Mathew; acknowledges...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/26/45

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This record is about the Command of Government devolved to W. Lucas due to absence of General Mathew; acknowledges... dating from 1785 June 16 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Grenada, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 101/26/45
Date
1785 June 16
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Command of Government devolved to W. Lucas due to absence of General Mathew; acknowledges receipt of letter; Transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 June 1785 with the state of the Black Corps; reports the 60th Regiment has since been re-inforced by 27 newly enlisted men.

W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 168 - 170.

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