British Honduras, 1848, Offices and Individuals : Index; Report; Address; Petition; Financial Document; Memorial; Legal Document; Acts and Legislation; Correspondence; Order Sep 1840; Apr 1843; May 1845; Feb 1847 - May 1849.

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Other

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English

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Speeches.

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1 online resource.

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English

Summary:

Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Offices and Individuals. Letters from various government offices (departments), other organisations and individuals most of which relate to the despatches sent from the governor in CO 123/74. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows: Offices: House of Commons (government of Mosquito; territorial claims; emancipation of slaves); Admiralty (threatened 'incursion' of 'Yucatan Indians'; Colonel Fancourt's passage); Foreign Office (report on Belgium colony of St Thomas; 'Indian' actions against white inhabitants; alleged protection afforded by superintendent to the Indians; supply of arms to Indians); Treasury (Colonel Fancourt's pecuniary difficulties; discontinuance of expenditure for presents for 'Mosquito Indians'); Post Office (bond to be executed by McKay; Nicholsons charges against McKay). Individuals: F Crowe (penalties inflicted on Persle for refusal to take an oath at an inquest); Reverend Connell (refers to Mr Goldshede's claims on Colonel Fancourt); Mrs Gray (accounts of the public treasury as left by her late husband); Howe (Reverend Coghlan's refusal to restore certain contributions for national schools); Henderson (thanks for restoration to office); Messrs Hyde, Hodge and others (vessels laden with mahogany; vessels loading mahogany at St George's key obliged to go to Belize to clear; memorial regarding financial affairs of settlement; memorial regarding taxes; 'revolt' of 'Indians' in Yucatan; state of affairs, powers of the public meeting and abolition of offices, etc; grievance memorials from assembly); Kingdom (defends conduct of Justice Temple); Kele and Chaffers (debt due from Reverend Coghlan); George Lavie (Mr Henderson's removal from office); Martin Thomas & Company (Mr Fitzgibbons committal for contempt of court); Oliverson, Denby & Lavie (Mr Coffins' dismissal from office as assistant judge); Symons (correspondence in his case published in Honduras newspaper without his consent; requests appointment as President of Turks Islands; charges against him by Colonel Fancourt; his case; evidence of the motives he believes influenced his removal from office; states he will reply to a letter as soon as possible; justification of his conduct; requests restoration of office); W Tully (employment requested).

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AMDigital Reference:CO 123/75.

CO 123.