"Dear Sir, Though the accompanying dispatches instruct you to suspend the execution of any hostile proceedings against the Spanish Trade [marginal insertion "at Porto Rico or on the Columbian Coast",] in consequence of the Spanish Govt. having unexpectedly yielded to our representatives and promised redress of our grievances, you will understand that if such redress shall be evaded or delayed..."Dundas was First Lord of the Admiralty at this time (1812-1827)., Original digital object name: bei-m518, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
Description
The Beinecke Collection is the pièce de résistance of the Hamilton College Library collections. It is the preeminent collection of materials on the Lesser Antilles, largely from the 16th-19th centuries. This online collection includes more than 18,000 pages of rare original plantation reports, correspondence, oil paintings and watercolors. This collection was originally developed by Walter Beinecke, Jr., and donated to the Hamilton College Library.