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Title
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Letter to Blathwayt, Barbados, 23 July 1696, Drpt from Col. Russel (docket title)
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Author
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Russell, Francis, Colonel, d. 1696
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Addressee
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Blathwayt, William, ca. 1649-1717
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All Contributors
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Russell, Francis, Colonel, d. 1696 (Author), Barbados. Governor (1694-1696 : Russell) (Author), Blathwayt, William, ca. 1649-1717 (Addressee)
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Place of Origin
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Barbados
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Date
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1696-07-23
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Series Heading
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M29. Stede, Edwyn, fl. 1679-1694.
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Geography
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Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda Islands, Great Britain, Jamaica, Martinique, West Indies
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Subject
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Gifts to politicians -- Barbados, Political consultants -- Great Britain, Gossip, Complaint letters, Governors -- Barbados -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History, Barbados -- History -- 17th century, West Indies -- History, Barbados -- History -- 17th century
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Notes
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Russell, Francis, d. 1696, colonel."Sr. I am soe fateagued with these three fleets that I was not able to write..." replying to charges made against him--"my owne contience does not accuse me of any crime... I wish those persons here would have bin soe faere with me as to have seen wt they wrote and--lett me have sent my owne iustification with it..." signed "F Russell" with postscript.Russell was governor of Barbados, 1694-96. Frere in his Short history of Barbados says there was dissatisfaction over a gift of £4,000 made to Russell by the Assembly.From the J. G. Bell and--Sir Thomas Phillipps Collections., Original digital object name: bei-m029m
