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Kings MS 200
- Record Id:
- 040-002017140
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016915
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001207.0x0003e3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Kings MS 200
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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TRANSCRIPTS of official reports and letters relating to the state of the British settlements on the Western coast of Africa in 1765, as follows :-
1. Account of the rise and progress of British trade carried on by private merchants and by trading companies to West Africa, temp. Edw. IV-1765. f. 2.
2. Extracts of reports relative to the African Trade in I708- 1712. f. 14.
3. Abstract of letters from John Barnes, Governor of Fort St. Lewis in the R. Senegal, and of Gen. [Charles] O'Hara, Commandant at Gorce, Senegal; Feb. 1766-Jan. 1767. f. 21.
4. Minute on Gen. O'Hara's report on the Province of Senegambia, 1766. f. 35.
5. Abstract of letter from [John] Hippisley, chief of Cape Corse Castle, to the African Committee; July, 1766. f. 47.
6. Tabulated reports of the 'State and condition', with names of the officers, &c.,of the following forts -James Fort, in R. Gambia (f. 49), Banee Island Fort (f. 51), Dixcove (f. 53), Secondee (f. 55), Commenda (f. 57), Cape Corse Castle (f. 59), Annamaboe (f. 61), Tantumquerry (f. 63), Winnibah (f. 65), Accra (f. 67), and Fort St. Lewis (f. 69). At the beginning (f. 1) is an engraved map of the West Coast of Africa ' from Cape Blanco, Lat. 2040'N., to the Coast of Angola, Lat. II S.', 1744, with inset, 'A separate map of the Gold Coast upon a larger scale'.
Paper; ff. 70. Folio. 12 in. x 7 1/2 in. XVIII cent. Rough calf binding, blind-tooled, with crimson label in panel. Arms of George III blind-stamped on the last cover.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- King's Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016915
040-002017140 - Is part of:
- Kings MS 1-446 : King's Manuscripts
Kings MS 200 : TRANSCRIPTS of official reports and letters relating to the state of the British settlements on the Western coast of Africa in 1765,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016915[0127]/040-002017140
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Kings MS 1-446
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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