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Catalogue description Secretary of State for the Colonies and War and Colonial Department: Martinique, Original Correspondence, Entry Books and Shipping Returns
| Reference: | CO 166 |
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| Title: | Secretary of State for the Colonies and War and Colonial Department: Martinique, Original Correspondence, Entry Books and Shipping Returns |
| Description: |
This series contains original correspondence, entry books and shipping returns relating to Martinique. |
| Date: | 1693-1815 |
| Related material: |
For further correspondence see WO 1/19, 31-48 and 145. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 7 volume(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Martinique has been French since 1635, except from 1762 to 1763, and again from 1794 to 1814 when it was in British hands. During the second period it retained its old institutions but was given a British governor with executive power, aided by a consultative council. |
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