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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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Outlines issues concerning agriculture, farming, Newfoundland fishing, the salt trade,...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/42/17
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This record is about the Outlines issues concerning agriculture, farming, Newfoundland fishing, the salt trade,... dating from 1790 June 15 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 37/42/17
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1790 June 15
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Outlines issues concerning agriculture, farming, Newfoundland fishing, the salt trade, and the supply of grain and flour as related to American trade regulations. Asks the British government for help obtaining grain and salted meat from Ireland or Canada 'until the effects of the American act be fully experienced'.
Comments on Bermudian's 'aversion' to agriculture explaining that they prefer to get 'a hasty fortune by the hazardous employments of wrecking, smuggling and privateering'.
Gives the tonnage of ships registered in Bermuda between 27 October 1788 and 15 June 1790.
Lists the prices of bread, flour, Indian corn, beef, pork, butter, and cheese.
Henry Hamilton, Governor of Bermuda, No. 6, Folios 61-64
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9211405/
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Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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Outlines issues concerning agriculture, farming, Newfoundland fishing, the salt trade,...
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