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Catalogue description Navy Board: Antigua Dockyard: Letter Books
| Reference: | ADM 241 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Navy Board: Antigua Dockyard: Letter Books |
| Description: |
The records consist of early books of orders and warrants from the Senior Officer or the Commissioner in the Leeward Islands to the respective officers of the yard, and of letters and reports from the yard officers to the Navy Board and others. |
| Date: | 1779-1825 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 4 volume(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The first naval establishment at English Harbour, Antigua developed in the 1720's at the initiative of the Antigua Assembly, anxious to provide local facilities for the cruisers which protected their trade. In the 1740's and again in the 1770's the yard was expanded and consolidated, and became the principal British naval base of the Leeward Islands, which it remained throughout the sailing era. |
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