D-12. Athill, Richard O. ALS to Sir John T. Duckworth. St. Johns, Antigua. 4p. 31 cm. Regarding provisions for captured Danish ship, VRENA; also, question of what to do with the ship. He has delivered the letter to Capt. Taylor of the MAGNANIME. Thanks Duckworth for attentions to him, especially during visit to Martinique. P/S Aug. 1. He is forwarding letter just in from Lancaster. Congratulates Duckworth on the honors conferred to him. Conveys various rumors on the war, 1801 July 27

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D-12. Athill, Richard O. ALS to Sir John T. Duckworth. St. Johns, Antigua. 4p. 31 cm. Regarding provisions for captured Danish ship, VRENA; also, question of what to do with the ship. He has delivered the letter to Capt. Taylor of the MAGNANIME. Thanks Duckworth for attentions to him, especially during visit to Martinique. P/S Aug. 1. He is forwarding letter just in from Lancaster. Congratulates Duckworth on the honors conferred to him. Conveys various rumors on the war

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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.