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Reports arrival in Grenada; update on Fedon and military; states 'the colony has...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/34/41

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This record is about the Reports arrival in Grenada; update on Fedon and military; states 'the colony has... dating from 1796 May 3 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Grenada, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 101/34/41
Date
1796 May 3
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Reports arrival in Grenada; update on Fedon and military; states 'the colony has suffered more during the last fourteen months than I can well describe, and is at present destitute of revenue and of resources'; encloses comparative state of the militia of Grenada on 3 March 1795 and 30 April 1796; states 'the number of British white Inhabitants has been for years past far too small, and is at present totally inadequate to the services of the Colony'; encloses copy of his speech to the council and assembly, copies of their addresses and his replies; encloses state of the council at the time of his arrival; reports that at present there is no establishment for the accommodation of Prisoners of War.

Alexander Houstoun, Grenada, Folios 205 - 216.

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