D-1. Hephens, Charles. ADS Appointment, London. 1p. 28 x 33 cm. Appointment of Duckworth as Commander-In-Chief of vessels at and about Jamaica and Bahamas Islands, 1801 Nov. 17

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.