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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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Asks for additional companies of soldiers to be sent to the island and explains that...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/44/27
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This record is about the Asks for additional companies of soldiers to be sent to the island and explains that... dating from 1793 July 14 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 37/44/27
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1793 July 14
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Asks for additional companies of soldiers to be sent to the island and explains that the island needs the protection of a warship. Comments on the actions of local privateers, the departure of Lieutenant Evans of the Royal Navy, the progress of the survey, an embargo placed on the exportation of all provisions from mid June to mid July, the need to get provisions from the West Indies rather than America, and the plans of the French and Americans to attack the island. Encloses a copy of a letter addressed to Major General Williamson, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, which expresses concern that Bermuda would soon be attacked by the United States of America.
Henry Hamilton, Governor of Bermuda, No. 44, Folios 164-167
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9234197/
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