Proceedings of an Inquiry and Investigation: Instituted by Major General Codd, His Majesty's Superintendent and Commander-in-Chief at Belize, Honduras, Relative to Poyais, &c. &c. &c |
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... present at the court house on Thursday next , the 27th instant , where I request that the two new members elected for this year , William Hall and George Gibson , Esqrs . , will attend , and who will , with myself , hear such statement ...
... present at the court house on Thursday next , the 27th instant , where I request that the two new members elected for this year , William Hall and George Gibson , Esqrs . , will attend , and who will , with myself , hear such statement ...
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... present application to your Lord- ship , we hope to call your Lordship's attention to these most unjust and unwarrantable proceedings of the magistrates and others in power at Belize , and we now also most respectfully solicit your ...
... present application to your Lord- ship , we hope to call your Lordship's attention to these most unjust and unwarrantable proceedings of the magistrates and others in power at Belize , and we now also most respectfully solicit your ...
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... present application to your Lord- ship , our only alternative , under existing circum- stances , will be to bring our case forward for the immediate consideration of Parliament ; but we feel confident , your Lordship will render this ...
... present application to your Lord- ship , our only alternative , under existing circum- stances , will be to bring our case forward for the immediate consideration of Parliament ; but we feel confident , your Lordship will render this ...
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... present instance for your protection . I beg leave to hand with this a letter received from the Earl Bathurst's office , with the delivery of which I was charged . I have the honour to be , Sir , With great respect , Your very obedient ...
... present instance for your protection . I beg leave to hand with this a letter received from the Earl Bathurst's office , with the delivery of which I was charged . I have the honour to be , Sir , With great respect , Your very obedient ...
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... present ; we therefore solicit that you will be pleased to postpone the investi- gation until the 7th June next , and that you will also cause the attendance of the other four magis- trates , William Gentle , J. S. August , Charles ...
... present ; we therefore solicit that you will be pleased to postpone the investi- gation until the 7th June next , and that you will also cause the attendance of the other four magis- trates , William Gentle , J. S. August , Charles ...
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Answer appointed April arrival at Belize August barrel beef Bennett and Westby Black River aforesaid Brown Willis called and sworn Cape Gracias Captain casks Cazique of Poyais charges contained Colonel Hall Colonel Hector Hall Colonel Low committee directly or indirectly Earl Bathurst emigrants flour Fricker gentlemen George Augustine Low GEORGE FREDERIC AUGUSTUS Gracias a Dios heard read hereby Honduras Packet honour Jamaica currency JAMES BOOTH JAMES HYDE John Joseph's Kinnersley Castle land league with Colonel leave their Governor letter Lieutenant Governor Hall Majesty's Superintendent Major General Codd Marshal Bennett ment Messrs Mosquito King Mosquito Nation Mosquito Shore never oath Paid passengers Poyais Government Poyaisian government property so named property therefrom protest Question quito received relief schooner Mexican Eagle Secretary Serjt settlement settlers at Black ship sickness Sir Gregor M'Gregor sold Stann Creek stores and provisions sufferers Sutherland tion vessel Westcott William Gentle William Walsh
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Page 154 - States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you.
Page 154 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Page 154 - Greeting. We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Land Forces from the Twentieth day of March 1915.
Page 154 - Captain into your care and charge, and duly to exercise as well the officers as soldiers thereof in arms, and to use your best endeavours to keep them in good order and discipline ; and we do hereby command them to obey you as their...
Page 66 - M'Gregor is null and void, he not having fulfilled his contract with me agreeable to his stipulations, and having contracted a debt upon a part of my territory without my consent, assuming to himself the title of Cazique of Poyais, and declaring the aforesaid grant to be an independent state...
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Page 66 - M'Gregor after the first day of January 1823, are declared null and void. Given under my hand at Cape Gracias a Dios, this 28th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1823. (Signed) GEORGE FREDERIC, King of the Mosquito nation.
Page 11 - I have the honour to be, Sir, with great respect, your very obedient servant, H.
Page 68 - I do hereby furthermore command you to treat the in* habitants with civility and respect, and be cautious not to infringe upon public law, or private right, but make yourselves acquainted with their laws and customs, for any deviation from the same will end in their total alienation from the English (to whom otherwise they will be respectful), with the ruin of your property and probably your lives.
Page 65 - M'Gregor's sending any person to this territory to be null and void: but that the persons settling there at present " have his Majesty's sanction, as long as they behave as persons settling for the benefit of trade...