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Title: Captain Bligh relative to Curacoa (docket title)
Place of Origin: His Majesty's Ship Theseus off Curaçao
Date: 1804-02-26
Series Heading: M425. Bligh, John, b. 1771.
Geography: Curaçao, Great Britain, West Indies
Subject: Bligh, John, fl. 1771-1831 -- Correspondence, Duckworth, John Thomas, Sir -- Correspondence, Curaçao -- Strategic aspects, Military reconnaissance, Military assistance, Netherland, Naval maneuvers, Disengagement (Military science), Blockade -- Curaçao, Imperialism -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Signed, "Sir, Having obtained certain information of the Enemy's receiving a reinforcement on the 23rd Instant and seeing no probability that the Island would surrender by the 4th: of March... I determined to reembark the people without loss of time... I have given Captain Mudge orders to continue the Blockade of port Amsterdam in the strictest manner..." signed "John Bligh.", Original digital object name: bei-m425g, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Schr. Fly, Wallace Copy of the King's Advocate's Opinion (docket title)
Date: 1806-04-09
Series Heading: M440. Great Britain. King’s Advocate.
Geography: Curaçao, Great Britain
Subject: Blockade -- Curaçao, Merchant mariners -- Curaçao, Imperialism -- History -- 19th century, Great Britain. King's Advocate -- History -- 19th century, Legal opinions -- Curaçao, Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Blockades, West Indies -- History
Notes: "There being several Cases before me which depend upon the Blockade of Curacoa, it may be convenient here to state a general View of them, referring in the other Cases to this Opinion... In respect to this particular Case, it is rather a strong one in favor of the Captors-- for, the invoked Letters tend to shew that the Place was considered as Blockaded by the Persons at Curacoa, and the Vessel being in the Port, the Master could hardly have been ignorant of its Existence - and violated it by lading and bringing away a Cargo..." signed "J. Nicholl."With the papers on Bligh's blockade of Curaçao, M425 in this catalogue., Original digital object name: bei-m440, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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