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Update on Grenada [Fedon revolution]; reports was happy to communicate information...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/34/23

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This record is about the Update on Grenada [Fedon revolution]; reports was happy to communicate information... dating from 1795 Sept 15 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Grenada, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 101/34/23
Date
1795 Sept 15
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Update on Grenada [Fedon revolution]; reports was happy to communicate information that a considerable detachment of troops was to be sent to West Indies; states 'we are now in daily expectation of its arrival, and an additional Force in Grenada is become essentially important to the safety of the Colony. The great reduction which has taken place in the Militia from weariness and disease has nearly annihilated some of the Regiments, and the Guard for the protection of the town is principally composed of Negroes'; related enclosure.

Kenneth Francis Mackenzie, Grenada, Folios 146 - 150.

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