Copy of a Minute of Cabinet <14th Augt. 1795> (docket title)
- Collection
- Beinecke Lesser Antilles
- Alternative Title
- M370. Great Britain. Cabinet.
- Item Media Type
- Book
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Subgenre- Manuscripts
- Covenants, laws, and legal and land records
- Government records
- Date
- August 14th, 1795
- Language
- English
- Extent
- 8 images
- Place of Publication
- London (England)
- Note
Physical description: Ms., 7 p. 32.5 cm.
Item note: "...Present Lord Chancellor Lord Privy Seal Duke of Portland Marquis Cornwallis Earl Spencer Lord Hawkesbury Lord Grenville Mr Pitt Mr Windham Mr Dundas His Majesty's Confidential Servants having taken under their serious consideration the present state of the War..."Recommends preparations for offensive in the Leeward Islands and St. Domingo
conquest of Guadeloupe and St. Lucia with not less than "15,000 Effective Infantry"
no fewer than "12,000 effective Infantry" to attempt St. Domingo, in order to protect Jamaica as well as to swing the balance into British favor against France and Spain on St. Domingo
"a Body of Guards amounting to 3000 men to serve under General Abercromby."
Original digital object name: bei-m370
This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
- Subject Topical
- Military orders
- Subject Name
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office
- Subject Geographic
- Great Britain
- Guadeloupe
- Jamaica
- Saint-Domingue
- Saint Lucia
- Haiti
- Restrictions on Access
- There are no restrictions on access to this resource.
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