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Acknowledges receipt of despatch of 5 January with letter from General Sir H Maitland...

Catalogue reference: CO 28/103/9

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This record is about the Acknowledges receipt of despatch of 5 January with letter from General Sir H Maitland... dating from 1829 Feb 24 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Barbados, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
CO 28/103/9
Date
1829 Feb 24
Description

Acknowledges receipt of despatch of 5 January with letter from General Sir H Maitland recommending erection of a lighthouse on the windward coast. Encloses extract of minutes of proceedings of the Assembly in 1827 and 1828 approving the same, and recommends offer of Mr Cunliffe to erect one for £1000 and to maintain it for £500 per annum, and to meet the cost by a tonnage duty on vessels.

Unnumbered, folios 23-28

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
913/1829
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9563461/

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