Jamaica, Dec 1835 - Feb 1837, Offices : Index; Newspaper clipping; Petition; Order; Financial document; Legal document; Report; Correspondence Dec 1835 - Feb 1837.

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Other

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Letter writing.

Letters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Letters from various government offices (departments), most of which relate to the despatches sent from the governor in 1836. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows: House of Commons (address from Agent regarding proceedings of governor and Assembly); Admiralty (sending convicts in packets; Captain Willis creditors of Messrs. Willis & Waters; state of convicts when sent home; passage expenses of magistrates to Caymans; Lord Sligo's passage; passage of Sir P. Smith & Sir E. Macgregor; conveyance of regiment; Sligo's passage to Port au Prince; impressment of 'negro' Charles Murray; victualling convicts; Sligo's passage on Belvidera ; Sir L. Smith's passage); Agent (letter to Mr. Miller; charges against Sligo regarding conduct towards Assembly; intention of Assembly to defeat progress of Emancipation; Assembly petition regarding charges against Sligo; Assembly memorial denying right of Imperial Parliament to legislate for them; duty on British imports; observations on certain documents from Supreme Court judges; reply to Mr. Stephen's letter to Lord Melbourne; letter from Mr. Taylor requesting investigation into his conduct; right of Assembly to tax British imports; disputed precedency at Sir L. Smith's inauguration as governor; letter from Mr. Stephen; passage for convict Watson; claim of Crown to escheated lands; Lord Glenelg's letter acknowledged; duties on imports, Crown lands; mail packet; emigration estimates); Commander in Chief (resignation of Captain Pack; temporary appointment of Colonel McLeod; resignation of Pack, removal of Mr. Scott, charges against Lieutenant Coape; additional regiment; withdrawal of service companies of 22 Regiment; disallowing Act 3126 Vagrancy [filed under Council Office] ); Council Office (decree in case of A.H. Beaumont); Board of Trade (Duties on British imports); Foreign Office (establishment of Spanish consul at Jamaica; Baptism certificates requested for M. Little; Dr. A. Brosa appointed Spanish consul); Home Office (George Wilson's sentence to be carried into effect; mental state of convict Rodriguez; evidence in George Wilson's case; John Herbert, convict in Bermuda; no ground for mitigating sentence of Peter Hemmings; Ann Powell and Celia Williams sentenced to transportation; John Watson to be sent back for trial); Law Officers (report on Rodriguez; fees of Registrar; conviction of Celia Williams; reductions in the proceedings of the Court of Chancery); Ordinance: (fortifications); Treasury (pension for Mr. Moresby; remunerating those employed under Auxiliary Compensation Commission; grant for the clergy; overpayment of Vice Admiralty Court officers; repair at barracks; expenses of Captain Packs; local allowances to staff, regarding Mr. Stephen's letter; barrack accommodation at Caymanas; payment of special magistrates; Dr. Palmer's salary; Helen O'Hara's relief as mother of late lieutenant; Rev. Hill's salary; duty on British imports; bill drawn by Sligo; interest on loan; conveyance of Dr. Thomson; re-conveyance of prisoner John Watson; bill for Rev. Lipscombe; law expenses, Mr. Bourne; passage of Watson; Privy Council fees); War Office (further to convict John Herbert; allowance to Mr. Murphy; expense of military convicts; proposed decrease of forces in Jamaica); Jamaica Bank: (establishment of Bank on island; prospectus of London and Jamaica Commercial Banking Co., list of people requesting interviews); Jamaica Crown Land Co.: (promoting immigration into Jamaica; plan and prospectus of a Jamaica Company for settling interior and respecting a charter); Baptist Missionary Society: (compulsory education); Compensation Commission: (Mr. Henderson's claim, salaries of secretaries and clerks, assistant commissioner mistook instructions); Customs, Falmouth: (Council minutes sent).

Notes:

AMDigital Reference:CO 137/217.

CO 137.