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Correspondence received from individuals (surnames C-W) on subjects concerning Jamaica....

Catalogue reference: CO 137/608

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This record is about the Correspondence received from individuals (surnames C-W) on subjects concerning Jamaica.... dating from 1899 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
CO 137/608
Date
1899
Description

Correspondence received from individuals (surnames C-W) on subjects concerning Jamaica. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

  • Dr William J Calder (termination of appointment, application for transfer or promotion, medical examination of Colonel Fawcett, resignation);
  • Sir Reginald Cust (West Indian Encumbered Estates Account);
  • Thomas Capper (report of the Education Committee, industrial education, Inspector of Schools);
  • H Clarke (government paper currency, government note issue, financial position, registration of 'illegitimate fathers');
  • A Campbell (petition regarding his pension);
  • A Clarence and another (British defeat at Ladysmith);
  • Sir E Durning Lawrence (yellow fever and the suggestion of refrigerating chambers in hospitals, offers to pay the cost of experiments);
  • A W Farquharson (railway rolling stock, Railway v Colonial Bank);
  • W W Fisher (retrenchment);
  • Mrs L Fry (complaint of G S Thomson);
  • Colonel M J Fawcett (deductions from pay, medical examination, retirement, retiring allowance);
  • Mrs A G Fawcett (gratuity to Colonel Fawcett);
  • J T M Fawcett (Widows and Orphans Pension Fund);
  • Edward Foster (appointment in West Africa);
  • Alban Gibbs MP (railway and First Mortgage Bonds, inscribed stock, Jamaica railway, railway and the settlement of bond holders' claims, railway bondholders);
  • A C Grant (pension claims - ex-Corporal Samuel Augustus De Haney);
  • E Codrington Hall (claim of A M Taylor against Nicaragua);
  • S D Hopkinson (Railway and First Mortgage Bonds, Jamaica Railway);
  • S Hoare (Mico College);
  • Miss Amy C Johnson (pension claims);
  • L A Isaacs (alleged miscarriage of justice);
  • C K Jackson (standing as surety for the loan to Dr H Castle);
  • H James (pensions);
  • Dr G V Lockett (Colonel M J Fawcett, application for appointment as Senior Medical Office at the Public Hospital at Kingston, claims to promotion);
  • Stanley Lane Poole (Jamaica railway);
  • Dr P Manson (Colonel M J Fawcett, yellow fever and refrigerating experiment, Mr W R Burtenshaw for service as Agricultural Lecturer);
  • Mrs MacGlashan (death of J C MacGlashan);
  • W A Miller (termination of appointment, promotion);
  • C M Martin (application for promotion, application for Nigeria appointment);
  • Sir J B Maple (H Blomfield Smith and his dismissal from the post of Government Inspector of the Jamaican Railway);
  • C M Martin (application for Nigeria appointment);
  • E A Northcote (application for post of Indian Judge, application for post of Chief Justice);
  • Sir H Norman (Privy Council);
  • Sydney Olivier (appointment as Colonial Secretary);
  • H F Pollock (Railway v Colonial Bank, railway loan);
  • Pickford and Black (mail service Halifax to Turks Island);
  • Lieutenant Colonel A H Pinnock (Jamaica militia);
  • D M M Ross (promotion, extension of leave, termination of appointment, claim to pensions);
  • W A Sutton (extension of leave, resignation);
  • H Blomfield Smith (employment);
  • A F Strachan (appointment in the West African Frontier Force, application for a constabulary appointment at Lagos);
  • H B Smith (termination of appointment, contributions to the Widows and Orphans Fund);
  • W A Sutton (application for re-employment);
  • Thomas and Sons (debts recovery);
  • A M Taylor (compensation from Nicaragua);
  • Herbert T Thomas (accommodation provided for himself and family);
  • Robert Thomson (coffee cultivation);
  • J White (steamer service).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Shipping
Conveyancing
International
Labour
Railways
Army
Caribbean
Pay and pensions
Children
Debt
Disease
Food and drink
Americas
Africa
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C979140/

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CO 137

Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence

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