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Reports findings in Grenada from his arrival on New Year's Day; advanced works at...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/28/11

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CO 101/28/11
Date
1788 Jan 13
Description

Reports findings in Grenada from his arrival on New Year's Day; advanced works at Richmond Hill; Martial Law; reports 'from the usual one per cent of Negro Labour, five per cent were called out, amounting to about 1300 men for the public Service'; refers to the Black Corps; encloses 'Return of the Civil Branch of the Ordnance Establishment, in Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, Grenada January 13th, 1788' [includes information on Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, Dominica, Antigua, St. Christopher's].

Edward Mathew, Grenada, Folios 46 - 51.

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