Cabinet Papers on Colonies and the Slave Trade, folder 7 of 8
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Contains printed papers relating to Costa Rica, San Domingo, Jamaica, Dahomey, Sierra Leone and Bulama, and to British settlements on the West Coast of Africa, as well as papers entitled ‘Royal African Company, Levant Company, and Russia Company’ and ‘Africa Squadron’.
Alphabetical index volume to General Post Office register of appointments volume [Add MS 89177/3/4/1]. Names of candidates are listed under each letter of the alphabet next to their corresponding number, in numerical order.
Correspondence with George Canning about Catholic Question and Galway County Election
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Includes: a copy of a letter from George Canning to Clanricarde, Ulick John de Burgh, 3 October 1825, regarding the decision not to dissolve Parliament on the Catholic question; and two letters from Clanricarde at Roxborough to Canning, 20 and 27 June 1826, regarding the Galway county election.
Papers on Irish Affairs, Post Office Business, and Other Matters
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Contains letters to Clanricarde from various individuals, including Lord Clarendon and Lord Landsdowne, three copy letters from Clanricarde to Sir W. Somerville, Denis Daly, and A. O’Flaherty, and some other papers. Many on of the letters and papers are on Irish affairs including: the Poor Law;...
Cabinet Papers on Colonies and the Slave Trade, folder 8 of 8
Scope & Content:
Contains papers relating to the slave trade, as well as a paper entitled ‘Memorandum on the Status of Aliens in the British Colonies’, ‘Colonial Policy. Memorandum.’, and ‘British Guiana. Appendix No. 1 to Memorandum on Colonial Policy. Explanations and Precis of the British Guiana Civil List Co...
Papers Relating to John Rushe, and Binding of Arthur DeWitt
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Contains: letters from John Rushe to the Marquis of Clanricarde regarding Rushe's debts and financial affairs, and receipts; and letter of 22 May 1872 to Clanricarde from the Office of the Corporation of the Poor detailing the expense of binding Arthur DeWitt, apprentice.