Letters from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals...

CO 137/145

1817

Letters from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters relating to Jamaica. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

Offices:

• Admiralty (piracy; detention by Haiti of 'Pilot Slaves' belonging to Mr J McKowen of Port Royal; request from R Taylor for licence to arm the Louisa);
• Agent ('Bill for a more particular return of slaves'; Acts: 'in permittance of the Abolition of the Slave Trade', 'for providing curates for the several parishes of the island and for promoting religious instruction among slaves', 'for the subsistence, clothing and better regulation and government of slaves'; reduction of Black Corps; black troops; Dr Scarlett; leave of absence for J Jones; leave of absence for G Pinnock; activities of privateers carrying Carthagenian flag; 'the Curate Act'; Registry Bill; state of the island; 'an Act to further augment the salary of the Duke of Manchester, etc');
• Commander in Chief (reduction of troops; allowances for troops; sheets for troops; Philip Verlens's passage; command of troops at Honduras; barrack master required; poor pay of military labourers);
• Council Office (order appointing W Binge as a Council member; shipment by Messrs Baring Brothers and Company; quicksilver shipments to America; Acts, 'for paying a duty on certain goods…imported from USA', 'to amend an Act for duty on certain imports from USA', 'to remove the assizes for the county of Cornwall… and to make Montego Bay the county town of Cornwall'; petition from merchants trading between Jamaica and European colonies);
• Foreign Office (death certificate for Pierre Teisseine; request for certification of signature of Mr Bullock);
• Home Office (case of Edward Bolt convicted of murder who has been granted a free pardon);
• Board of Ordnance (removal of Royal Artillery from the establishment);
• Treasury (arrival of troops; £1000 issued to Major General Conran; no objection to discharging certain men from the Black Garrison Companies and settling them at Honduras; expenses of Major General O'Meara; table or other allowance for commander of troops; proposal to disband the West India Regiments and to employ some of the men as pioneers; accounts of Colonel Francis Incledon; house and land called Grays Pen; passage for the Comte de Montagnac; assistance for French emigrants; allowances for officers' baggage; arrangements for disbanding the 5th and 6th West India Regiments and for forming garrison companies and companies of military labourers; accommodation for public officers; bills drawn by governor; licence for arming the Louisa; establishment of Rio Bueno as a branch of the Customs House at Falmouth);
• Transport Office (arrival of troops and families of the Royal Artillery and of the 18th Regiment; passage for Mrs Coghlan, wife of a private in the 58th Regiment);
• War Office (discharge of 'unserviceable' men from Black Garrison Companies and grant of small portions of land in Jamaica and Honduras; contribution of Jamaican Legislature to maintenance of military hospitals).

Miscellaneous Offices and individuals:

• General Post Office (Post Office revenue);
• Adams, Robertson & Company (proposal);
• Mr Braybrook (new office of Borough Market);
• J Bramburg (passage);
• Julien Pierre Boulay-Rivére (petition on behalf of F Branche of Mondonbleau, France, concerning a legacy from his brother Pierre-Germain Branche, carpenter of Kingston; 'Peter Retreat' plantation; certificate from Mayor of Mondonbleau confirming identity of Florent Branche [in French]) ;
• J Campbell (requesting rights for 'free people of colour');
• J Entwistle (Acts recently passed in Bahamas);
• Louis Emegodien (petition for passage);
• Major General Fuller (money due to officers);
• Colonel J M Graves (money due to officers);
• T Jolly (property of the late Alexander Sutherland);
• J Jackson (requests letter of recommendation for his brother);
• Mr King (returns completed form as requested);
• B Long (forwards letter concerning Bill for registration of slaves);
• Bishop of London (asks for letter to be sent to Duke of Manchester);
• Carlos Lagomarsino (seeks assistance [in Spanish]);
• S La Debat (requests recognition of his service [in French]);
• Comte de Montagnac (concerning a refugee at Jamaica [item in French]);
• T Button (delay of the packet);
• W Bullock (passage for de Montagnac);
• Major General O'Mara (table money and allowances);
• Marquis d' Osmond (sends three letters for transmission to Jamaica; requests authentication of a signature [items in French]);
• J Rippingham (has undertaken to prepare a new edition of Mr Edward's history of Jamaica);
• Shawe LeBlanc & Shawe (removal of courts from Savannah la Mar to Montego Bay);
• Reverend William Spry (enquiry on behalf of Major Forsyth's descendants);
• Mr Shand (detailed comments on Bill for the registration of slaves);
• R Taylor (arming of the Louisa);
• P Wyndham (papers; signature; amendment);
• C Wyndham (particulars of certain offices);
• H Whitcomb (detention of packet requested by merchants);
• C De Wall (seeks passage).

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