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Lot 196
[JAMAICA] Papers relating to the Earl of Balcarres, Governor of Jamaica 1794-1801.
Comprises the following: BALCARRES, ALEXANDER LINDSAY, 6th Earl. Three autograph letters signed. 3 pages, various sizes, Kingston, 1 October and 21 December 1795 and 12 April 1800, to various correspondents, the first two concerning the suppression of the Maroon revolt, one offering a proposal for encouraging a party of Spaniards to hunt armed Maroons with dogs, and offering general rewards for killing those that are carrying guns the other commenting on the arrival of troops ("which may strike such Terror as to induce the Rebels to surrender upon the original Promise"); the last to Admiral Sir Hyde Parker about naval transport; PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, 3rd Duke. Two letters signed. 5 pages, Whitehall, 8 July 1795 and 11 July 1798, to Balcarres, both marked as "duplicates", concerning allowances made to French emigrants from St. Domingo to Jamaica and a "secret" letter about arming the Musquito chief should the Spanish threaten the British settlement at Honduras; YORK, FREDERICK, Duke of. Letter signed. Three pages, Horse Guards, 10 July 1800, to Balcarres, marked "duplicate", rebuking him for transferring soldiers from one regiment to another without permission; with 3 others. All of the above housed in a morocco-backed clamshell case. Together 9 pieces; some tears and remains of mounts still attached.
Balcarres was governor of Jamaica during the Second Maroon War; he purchased 100 bloodhounds from Cuba, where they had been used to pursue escaped slaves. The Maroons mentioned in the second letter were those of Trelawny Town who surrendered on a promise that they would not be deported; they were send, despite these assurances, to Nova Scotia. These unfortunate exiles ultimately travelled to Freetown, after the Sierra Leone Company established it in West Africa (in present-day Sierra Leone).
C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation
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