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Title
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Captain Bligh respecting Curacoa the Summons. (docket title)
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Place of Origin
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On board HMS Theseus off Amsterdam, Curaçao
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Date
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1804-01-31
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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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Aggressiveness -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Armed forces -- Officers -- Correspondence, Summons, Governors -- Curaçao -- Correspondence, Military maneuvers -- Curaçao -- History -- 19th century, Military orders -- Netherlands Antilles -- History -- 19th century, Capitulations, Military -- Curaçao -- History -- 19th century, Curac¸ao -- History -- 19th century, Great Britain -- History -- Invasions, Netherlands Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- History
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Notes
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Signed, "Sir, As your Excellency must be aware by the appearance of a British Squadron off Couraçao, that it is with the intention of reducing the Island..." signed "John Bligh." Offers terms for Dutch capitulation to the British., Original digital object name: bei-m425a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
