D-11. Athill, Richard HLS to Jacob Mildenstein. St. Johns, Antigua. 2p. 23cm. Transient order from Admiral Duckworth that expenses as prisoner of war will be paid to them (crew of the ship, Vrena) until now by the Commissary of Prisoners of War, but not in the future. If they repair the ship in Martinique they will receive such rations as are allowed to prisoners of war. Includes list of expenses, 1801 July 17

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D-11. Athill, Richard HLS to Jacob Mildenstein. St. Johns, Antigua. 2p. 23cm. Transient order from Admiral Duckworth that expenses as prisoner of war will be paid to them (crew of the ship, Vrena) until now by the Commissary of Prisoners of War, but not in the future. If they repair the ship in Martinique they will receive such rations as are allowed to prisoners of war. Includes list of expenses

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Scope and Content

From the Collection:

Consists of letters to and from Sir John Duckworth to family and his naval associates and superiors regarding his naval engagements in the Caribbean, the outcomes (casualties, disposition of captured vessels, logistics), his courts-martial and some insights on the colonial administration of British Jamaica. There are 28 sets of manuscript letters, with the dates ranging from March of 1801 to July of 1807. Each of the letters are numbered D-1 to D-28, but the letters are listed in chronological order. Numbers D-5 through D-10 were copied in the same folio leaves.