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
Item
Forwards a report by Captain Andrew Durnford entitled 'Remarks on the Island of Bermuda...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/42/12
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- CO 37/42/12
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790 May 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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Forwards
- a report by Captain Andrew Durnford entitled 'Remarks on the Island of Bermuda shewing [sic] its advantageous situation for trade in general, but particularly on supplying the West Indies from Nova Scotia and Canada with live stock, limber and etc. and exporting West India produce in return. Also some observations on its defensive situation at large';
- a copy of a letter from Hamilton to Lord Hawkesbury giving general observations of the island including descriptions of harbours, whale fishery, rockfish and groupers, anchovies, cedar, shipbuilding, wreckage salvaging, agriculture, inhabitants both 'Negro' and white, fortifications, healthy air, and the salt trade in the Turks Islands;
- a copy of a letter from the Collector of Customs John Steward concerning the state of the island's revenue.
Henry Hamilton, Governor of Bermuda, No. 4, Folios 29-50
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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