Captain Bligh relating to Curacoa. (docket title)

Collection: Beinecke Lesser Antilles

Alternative Title: M425. Bligh, John, b. 1771.

Genre: Manuscripts

Subgenre- Manuscripts: Correspondence; Military records

Date: February 21st, 1804

Language: English

Extent: 4 images

Place of Publication: Fort Amsterdam, Curaçao

Note: Physical description: Ms. letter to Rear Admiral "Sir John Thos. Duckworth," signed, 4 p. 32.2 cm.; Item note: Signed; "Sir, Agreeably to your orders of the 16th: Dec. I arrived off the City of St: Domingo, where being joined by His Majesty's Ships Hercule, Blanche, Pique, and Gipsy Schooner, I proceeded with all possible dispatch toward this Island..." [signed] "John Bligh" "...Annexed is a list of the killed and wounded..." Recounts the state of the siege, saying it is going well.; Original digital object name: bei-m425d; This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Subject Topical: Military orders

Subject Name: Bligh, John, active 1771-1831; Duckworth, John Thomas, Sir; Great Britain. Royal Navy

Subject Geographic: Curaçao; Great Britain

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Hamilton College Library, Clinton, New York, United States. (1804, February 21). Captain Bligh relating to Curacoa. (docket title). Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library. https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/ce02cf2c-af73-4eaa-97db-966bc0ade966

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Hamilton College Library, Clinton, New York, United States. February 21st, 1804. “Captain Bligh relating to Curacoa. (docket title)”. Last modified October 23, 2023. Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library. https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/ce02cf2c-af73-4eaa-97db-966bc0ade966

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