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Title
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Barbados, 15 Dec. 1781. ALS to Hon. T. Townshend
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Place of Origin
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Barbados
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Date
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1781-12-15
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Series Heading
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M276. Keane, Michael J., fl. 1781.
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Geography
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Barbados, Saint Vincent
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Subject
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Morris, Valentine, -1789, Petitions -- Barbados -- Early works to 1800, Governors -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Saint Vincent, Great Britain. Admiralty, West Indies -- History -- 1775-1783, Anglo-French War, 1778-1783, France -- History -- Invasions, Great Britain -- History -- Invasions, West Indies -- History
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Notes
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"Dear Sir! It has not been for want of a due Sense of the Attention and Civilities I received at your Hands, whilst I was in London solliciting the Matter of the Petition of the Assembly of St. Vincent against Governor Morris... The attempt made by General Vaughan and Admiral Rodney 12 months ago to retake the Island, has been productive of more mischief to the wretched English Inhabitants than the Scandalous Shameful manner in which the Island was first given up... as if the measure of the Inhabitants' misery was not complete by the Capture of the Island, this mock Expedition was contrived to abandon them to the rage and brutality of inhuman Savages, who indiscriminately massacred Whites and Blacks, burned and destroyed all the Buildings and Plantations in their way before they cou'd be checked..." signed "Michl J Keane" with postscript., Original digital object name: bei-m276, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
