Catalogue description Secretary of State for the Colonies, and War and Colonial Department: Guadeloupe, Original Correspondence and Accounts

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Reference: CO 110
Title: Secretary of State for the Colonies, and War and Colonial Department: Guadeloupe, Original Correspondence and Accounts
Description:

This series contains original correspondence relating to Guadeloupe. Also includes entry books, public accounts, shipping returns, etc.

Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.

Date: 1758-1816
Related material:

For further correspondence see:

WO 1/20

WO 1/21

WO 1/22

WO 1/23

WO 1/24

WO 1/25

WO 1/26

WO 1/27

WO 1/28

WO 1/29

WO 1/30

WO 1/145

WO 1/95

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 25 volume(s)
Access conditions: Available in digital format only
Administrative / biographical background:

Guadeloupe was colonised by the French in 1635, conquered by Britain in 1759 and restored to the French in 1763. It was again captured by Britain in 1794, recaptured by France in 1795, recaptured by Britain in 1810, ceded to Sweden in 1813 and by her to France in 1814. Britain finally evacuated the island in 1816.

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