Grenada, October 1790 to December 1791 : Secretary of State : Correspondence; Map; Address; Legal document; Returns; List 25 Oct 1790 - 21 Dec 1791.

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Settler colonialism--West Indies.

Settler colonialism.

Grenada.

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CO 101/27/1. Draft; acknowledges receipt of letters with enclosures; refers to representation made by Major Rochford to the Master General of the Ordnance regarding the appointment to the office of Captain of Fort George. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 5 - 6. 6 Jan 1787. CO 101/27/2. Transmits an authenticated copy of the Proceedings No. 1 in a suit instituted in the Court of Vice Admiralty of Grenada against the Brig Fanny belonging to Mr. Charles Morris, a merchant residing in Grenada, seized by Captain Wilfred Collingwood of His Majesty's Sloop the Rattler, and libelled by the Attorney General for not being owned, built and navigated as directed by the Act 12 Ch:2 [not in item]; transmits a copy of the claimant's petition. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 7 - 18. 21 Nov 1786. CO 101/27/3. Transmits the Minutes of the House of Assembly from the 6th February to their last adjournment [not in item]; transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 November 1786. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 19 - 21. 21 Nov 1786. CO 101/27/4. Acknowledges receipt of letter regarding trade between Grenada and the Spanish settlements in the West Indies. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 22 - 23. 24 Nov 1786. CO 101/27/5. Acknowledges receipt of Secretary of State's Circular letter which enclosed a printed copy of a Convention between King of Britain and King of Spain. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 24 - 25. 24 Nov 1786. CO 101/27/6. Draft; acknowledges receipt of letters with enclosures. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 26 - 27. 8 Feb 1787. CO 101/27/7. Acknowledges receipt of Secretary of State's Circular letter informing him of the death of Princess Amelia; expresses concern and offers condolence. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 28 - 29. 13 Dec 1786. CO 101/27/8. Encloses a copy of a letter from Colonel Gordon, Chief Engineer, with an extract of his instructions from the Master General of the Ordnance, on the subject of contingencies incident to services to be defrayed out of the extraordinaries of the Army; transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada [not in item]; Transmits the Lists from the Naval Office of Grenada of all shipping entered inwards and cleared outwards for the quarter ending 30 September [not in item; abstract: 2 entered, 11 cleared]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 30 - 33. 18 Dec 1786. CO 101/27/9. Transmits the Affidavit of Jean Br. Blancherie attesting the death and burial of Pierre Français Maries Jusquin, due to the request of Monsieur Barthélemy; in affidavit given before Joseph Cuming Esq., one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace and Senior Magistrate for the said Island of Carriaouacou [Carriacou], Blancherie is described as a 'free Mulato man. ' W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 34 - 37. 30 Jan 1787. CO 101/27/10. Refers to previous despatch about unpaid claims against the Engineering Department due to Colonel Gordon not having certified the accounts; relevant enclosure. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 38 - 40. 30 Jan 1787. CO 101/27/11. Transmits the Lists from the Naval Office of Grenada of all shipping entered inwards and cleared outwards for the quarter ending 31 December [not in item]; transmits the Prices Current of Provisions, Produce & Lumber exported and imported from and to Grenada from 7 November to 22 January [not in item]; Transmits the last Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada [not in item]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 41 - 42. 30 Jan 1787. CO 101/27/12. Draft; acknowledges receipt of letters and enclosures; refers to Colonel Gordon. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 43 - 44. 7 Apr 1787. CO 101/27/13. Reports Colonel Gordon has on several occasions intimated to him his intention of leaving the West Indies and returning to Europe and that it is generally understood that Major Fraser is already nominated to succeed Gordon as Commanding Engineer in the West Indies upon Gordon leaving the country. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 45 - 48. 27 Feb 1787. CO 101/27/14. Acknowledges receipt of letter with enclosures; refers to question of Artillery Officers at Grenada doing duty in roster with the Officers of the 45th. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 49 - 51. 28 Feb 1787. CO 101/27/15. Transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 February 1787 [includes Return of the Black Corps of Grenada]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 52 - 54. 1 Mar 1787. CO 101/27/16. Draft; acknowledges receipt of letters; reports he understands Governor Mathew intends to return to Grenada in the course of the month; refers to Colonel Gordon, the Commanding Engineer, and Major Fraser. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 55 - 56. 2 May 1787. CO 101/27/17. Reports death of a person called Jean Baptist Flandinet, a native and subject of France, who came to Grenada during the French possession, to claim the inheritance and succession of a deceased brother; Flandinet left no relative in Grenada and Lucas has been informed he left property to the amount of five or six thousand pounds 'this currency' and that he has a father in Termignon near Lyons in France; reports he is passing on this information so Secretary of State may have an opportunity of having it communicated to the French Ambassador. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 57 - 58. 5 Apr 1787. CO 101/27/18. Acknowledges receipt of letter with enclosure of copy of a convention between 'his Majesty and the most Christian King' signed at Versailles. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 59 - 60. 7 Apr 1787. CO 101/27/19. Acknowledges receipt of letters; encloses a Plan, Section and Elevation of the new Barracks [removed and in reference MPG 1/576]; copy of the Report of the Committee appointed by the Council and Assembly for visiting the Fortifications on Richmond Heights, extracted from the minutes of the Assembly; Return of the Ordnance necessary for the defence of the several forts and redoubts comprehended within that line and its Posts of Defence, together with the Ordnance Storekeeper's State of Brass and Iron Ordnance now in Store or in the Artillery Yard, at Fort George, and in the surrounding Heights; Comparative State of Ordnance wanting and in Store in the Island of Grenada. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 61 - 74. 6 Apr 1787. CO 101/27/20. Transmits the Minutes of the Council from the 25th September to the 13th December 1786; transmits three copies of Acts of the Legislature of Grenada [not in item]: No. 1, 'An Act to Require all Mestives, Mulattoes, Cabres, Negroes and other Coloured free persons, residing in, or who may hereafter arrive in these Islands, to register their Names for the Purposes therein mentioned'; No. 2, 'An Act to Manumit and Set Free a Certain Negroe Woman Slave named Pauline, the Property of the Stevis of Honoré Phillip late of the Island of Carriacou Planter deceased'; No. 3, 'An Act for Reducing the Value of Bitts and for Preventing the Cutting of Dollars into Bitts'; Transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 March 1787 [includes Return of the Black Corps of Grenada]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 75 - 77. 7 Apr 1787. CO 101/27/21. Reports the White Artificers and overseers employed on the fortifications on Richmond Heights, in pay of the Colony, as well as the 'Slaves', have since the start of the works been allowed provisions from the Kings Stores until last January when found it necessary to withdraw allowance from the Artificers and Overseers; related enclosures. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 78 - 84. 18 Apr 1787. CO 101/27/22. Draft; acknowledges receipt of letters; refers to Colonel Gordon, the Commanding Engineer, the Barracks, disposal of provisions. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 85 - 86. 6 Jul 1787. CO 101/27/23.

Draft; reports Monsieur Barthélemy, Minister from the Court of France, has sent him a Note, transmitting a claim which Mr Piquet Dourier Duquemel, 'a Gentleman of Picardy' has (in right of his wife on account of the effects of her grandfather) upon Mr de Gannes of the Chancery, residing in Grenada; forwards copies of the notes. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 87 - 92. 23 Jul 1787. CO 101/27/24. Acknowledges receipt of Secretary of State's Circular letter. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 93 - 94. 28 May 1787. CO 101/27/25. Acknowledges

receipt of letter; reports he also received a letter from Mr. Secretary Steele with an abstract of expenses incurred by Captain Thomas Walker of 2nd Battalion of the 60th Regiment of Foot, as Acting Engineer in Grenada. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 95 - 96. 29 May 1787. CO 101/27/26. Acknowledges receipt of Secretary of State's Circular letter enclosing an Act passed at the last Parliamentary Session; An Act for the Better Examining and Auditing the Public Accounts of the Kingdom; and also an Act passed in the present Parliamentary Session; An Act to Continue the Laws for Regulating the Trade between the Subjects of His Majesty's Dominions and the United States of America, together with an Order of His Majesty in Council founded upon the said act. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 97 - 98. 30 May 1787. CO 101/27/27. Transmits the Lists from the Naval Office of Grenada of all shipping entered inwards and cleared outwards for the quarter ending 31 March 1787 [not in item; abstracts: St. George: 74 entered, 49 cleared; Granville: 27 entered, 10 cleared]; transmits the Prices Current of Produce, Provisions & Lumber exported and imported from and to Grenada to the 22 April; transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 May 1787 [includes Return of the Black Corps of Grenada]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 99 - 102. 31 May 1787. CO 101/27/28. Reports that a few days after he had proclaimed the 'Act to Continue the Laws for Regulating the Trade between the Subjects of His Majesty's Dominions and the Inhabitants of the Territories belonging to the United States of America, and to Render the Provisions thereof More Effectual' was told that there was great scarcity of flour in Grenada and a prospect of real want if provision was not made for a timely supply from neighbouring islands; refers to importation of flour and other dry provisions, states 'which are in great demand for the slaves at this season of the year;' related enclosure. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 103 - 107. 17 Jun 1787. CO 101/27/29. Acknowledges receipt of letter; reports Colonel Gordon has returned from the Leeward Islands and is preparing for his departure for England; transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 June 1787 [includes Return of the Black Corps of Grenada]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 108 - 110. 18 Jun 1787. CO 101/27/30. Draft; acknowledges receipt of letters with enclosures; reports that Lucas will find by Sydney's letter of 25 May that a scarcity of provisions in the West Indian islands had been anticipated and that Lucas' acquiescence in the admission of certain supplies for immediate consumption must meet with approval. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 111 - 112. 6 Sep 1787. CO 101/27/31. Acknowledges receipt of Secretary of State's letters with several enclosures; refers to proceedings Lucas judged expedient to adopt due to Act 'to continue the Laws regulating the Trade between the Subjects of His Majesty's Dominions and the Inhabitants of the Territories belonging to the United States of America, and to Render the Provisions thereof More Effectual'; reference to importation of flour and other dry provisions from the foreign islands; reports that if the Swedish vessel the Maria Elizabeth, or her Master Adolph Frederic Dahlberg, or any of the crew, come within the limits of this Government, he will have them secured and inform the Governor of His Swedish Majesty's Island of St. Barthélemy. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 113 - 114. 19 Jul 1787. CO 101/27/32. Submission of authenticated copies of two Acts passed by the Legislature of Grenada [not in item]: An Act Intituled an Act to Amend an Act Intituled an Act for Establishing and Regulating a Militia in this Island and Carriouacou [Carriacou]; An Act Intituled An Act for Granting to His Majesty a Certain Rate or Tax on the Amount of all Goods, Wares and Merchandises sold within these Islands, by Transient or Non-Resident Traders, and for Appropriating the Same. Reports that the Legislature have passed: An Act to Continue an Act Intituled an Act for Appropriating a Certain Proportion of Negroe Labour to be Employed on the Fortifications of this Island, and Appropriating to the Same Purpose such part of a Late Vote of Credit as may not be Already Appropriated; An Act Intitled an Act to Amend an Act intitled An Act for Appropriating a Certain Proportion of Negroe Labour to be Employed on the Fortifications of this Island, and Appropriating to the Same Purpose such part of a Late Vote of Credit as may not be Already Appropriated, and to Indemnify all Commissions or other Persons for Commutations of Money for Labour contrary to the Said Act, and to Authorise Voluntary Commutations to a Certain Extent; Transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 July 1787 [includes Return of the Black Corps of Grenada]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 115 - 117. 20 Jul 1787. CO 101/27/33. Draft; letter to Captain Anderson, Commanding Officer of the Black Corps of Pioneers and Artificers, Grenada; signifies the King's pleasure that the Black Corps of Pioneers and Artificers now serving in the West Indies are in the future to be under the immediate orders of the Corps of Royal Engineers commanding in the West Indies, and that Anderson is to follow his instructions for his further proceedings. Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 118 - 119. 6 Oct 1787. CO 101/27/34. Transmits the Lists from the Naval Office of Grenada of all shipping entered inwards and cleared outwards for April, May, and June [not in item; abstract: St. George's: entered 66, cleared 69; Granville Bay: entered 5, cleared 23]; transmits the Prices Current of Produce, Provisions & Lumber exported and imported from and to Grenada for May, June, and July; transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for August 1787 [includes Return of the Black Corps of Grenada]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 120 - 123. 25 Aug 1787. CO 101/27/35. Acknowledges receipt of letter; reference to Colonel Gordon; fortifications of Grenada; state of affairs of Holland; reports he will call on the Legislature at their next meeting for, if required by Major Fraser, an 'additional Supply of Negroes' [enslaved Africans]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 124 - 127. 27 Aug 1787. CO 101/27/36. Submission of authenticated copies of two Acts passed by the Legislature of Grenada [not in item]: An Act intituled An Act to Continue an Act intituled an Act for Appropriating a certain Proportion of Negroe Labour to be Employed on the Fortifications of this Island, and Appropriating to the Same Purpose such Part of a Late Vote of Credit as may not be already Appropriated also An Act intituled an Act to Amend an Act intituled an Act for Appropriating a Certain Proportion of Negroe Labour to be Employed on the Fortifications of this Island and Appropriating to the Same Purpose such Part of a Late Vote of Credit as may not be Already Appropriated, and to Indemnify all Commissions or other Persons for Commutations of Money for Labour Contrary to the Said Act, and to Authorise Voluntary Commutations to a Certain Extent; An Act intituled an Act to Amend an Act intituled an Act to Repeal so much of an Act intituled an Act Impowering Way and Town Wardens to Make Clean and Repair High Roads, Bye Roads and Streets, and for Erecting Bridges in the Same as Relates to the Town of St. George, and for Making More Suitable Provision for Paving, Repairing and Keeping in Repair the Street Lanes and Squares in the Said Town. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 128 - 129. 28 Aug 1787. CO 101/27/37. Reports letter of service has come to hand and they 'wait now only the certainty of War or Peace'. Edward Mathew, Governor of Grenada, Portsmouth, Folios 130 - 131. 28 Oct 1787. CO 101/27/38. Discusses 'perplexing' situation over how to travel to Grenada in case of war. Edward Mathew, Governor of Grenada, Portsmouth, Folios 132 - 133. 30 Oct 1787. CO 101/27/39.

Draft; acknowledges receipt of letters with enclosures; refers to possible French preparations in the West Indies; Governor Mathew has left for Grenada and will most likely arrive before Lucas receives this letter. Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney, Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 134 - 135. 8 Nov 1787. CO 101/27/40. Transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 September 1787 [includes Return of the Black Corps of Grenada]. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 136 - 138. 17 Sep 1787. CO 101/27/41. Acknowledges receipt of letter with enclosures. W. Lucas, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada,

Folios 139 - 140. 18 Sep 1787. CO 101/27/42. Draft; acknowledges receipt of letters. Secretary of State, Whitehall, Folios 141 - 142. 5 Dec 1787. CO 101/27/43. Reports death of late President [and Acting Governor of Grenada] Mr. Lucas; command devolved to him as oldest member of the Council; office of Chief Justice has become vacant due to death of Lucas, recommends Mr. Thomas Bridgewater. Samuel Williams, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 143 - 144. 16 Oct 1787. CO 101/27/44. Reports he has found that in his letter to the Secretary of State on 27 August Lucas wrote that he should call upon the Legislature at their next meeting on 18 September for 'an additional Supply of Negroes' [enslaved Africans] for the works at Richmond Heights; reports 'they most chearfully granted one per cent of all the Negroes in the Island for two months over and above the former Grant,. . '; forwards a Return from the Acting Engineer of the 'Artificers and Labourers (white & black)' daily employed on the fortifications [Return titled: Return of the White Overseers & Artificers, also the Colony Negroes employed on His Majesty's Fortifications on Richmond heights, Grenada, 27 October 1787]; defence of works. Samuel Williams, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 145 - 150. 27 Oct 1787. CO 101/27/45. Acknowledges receipt of letter; transmits the Monthly Return of His Majesty's Forces on the Island of Grenada for 1 October 1787 [includes Return of the Black Corps of Grenada]. Samuel Williams, Acting Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 151 - 153. 25 Oct 1787. CO 101/27/46. Letter from Thomas Pearson addressing Secretary of State about recent transactions in Dominica which he believes the 'rigour of the Law was put in force against [him] without a Sufficient Cause,. . '; one enclosure. Thomas Pearson, Grenada, Folios 156 - 162. 31 Jan 1787. CO 101/27/47. Extract from a letter; refers to the 'New Election Bill'; Militia Bill; French Churches. Grenada, Folios 162a - 164. 1 Apr 1787. CO 101/27/48. Extract of a letter from Alexander Sympson, Speaker of the Assembly; refers to the Election Bill and 'French and other Foreigners' and Roman Catholics. Grenada, Folios 165 - 168. 11 Jan 1787. CO 101/27/49. Encloses a copy of a letter he had sent to the Secretary of State; refers to the Acts of Navigation, vessels navigated with enslaved persons, 'slaves. ' Holloway [?], Grenada, Folios 169 - 172. 30 Jun 1787. CO 101/27/50. Reports he is 'very much obliged' by attention in acknowledging his letter of 31 May to the Secretary of State. Ashton Warner Byam, Grenada, Folios 173- 174. 24 Oct 1787. CO 101/27/51. Printed copy of 'A Bill intituled 'An Act for Regulating Elections'. ' Grenada, Folios 175 - 187. 1786.

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