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Title
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Captain Bligh relating to Curacoa. (docket title)
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Place of Origin
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Fort Amsterdam, Curaçao
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Date
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1804-02-21
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Series Heading
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M425. Bligh, John, b. 1771.
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Geography
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Curaçao, Great Britain, West Indies
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Subject
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Fort Amsterdam (Curaçao) -- History -- 19th century, Curac¸ao -- History -- Siege, 1804, Bligh, John, fl. 1771-1831 -- Correspondence, Duckworth, John Thomas, Sir -- Correspondence, Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Correspondence, Military orders -- Netherlands Antilles -- History -- 19th century, Ships of the line -- Curaçao, West Indies -- History
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Notes
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Signed, "Sir, Agreeably to your orders of the 16th: Dec. I arrived off the City of St: Domingo, where being joined by His Majesty's Ships Hercule, Blanche, Pique, and Gipsy Schooner, I proceeded with all possible dispatch toward this Island..." [signed] "John Bligh" "...Annexed is a list of the killed and wounded..." Recounts the state of the siege, saying it is going well., Original digital object name: bei-m425d, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
