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[FLORIDA]. ROSE, George (1744-1818), British Secretary to the Treasury. Official clerical copy of a letter to Evan Nepean (1752-1822), Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Naval Officer, Grenada, Dominica and St. Vincent; Treasury Chambers, London, 27 October 1784. 2 pages, folio, integral blank, verso docketed. Fine.
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[FLORIDA]. ROSE, George (1744-1818), British Secretary to the Treasury. Official clerical copy of a letter to Evan Nepean (1752-1822), Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Naval Officer, Grenada, Dominica and St. Vincent; Treasury Chambers, London, 27 October 1784. 2 pages, folio, integral blank, verso docketed. Fine.
BRITAIN RELINQUISHES EAST FLORIDA TO SPAIN, AND MAKES PROVISION FOR THE INFLUX OF BRITISH REFUGEES. A document focusing on a largely forgotten consequence of the cession of East Florida to Spain: the refugee British population. East and West Florida had remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution, but by the Treaty of Paris of 1783 the sparsely settled territory again was restored to Spain. With the American colonies now independent, English citizens who did not wish to live in Florida under Spanish rule had few available refuges other than the British-held Caribbean islands. Rose informs Nepean that he has presented to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury information "respecting the Refugees who have arrived or are expected in the islands of Jamaica and Dominica from the Province of East Florida," and has communicated "His Majesty's pleasure for sending out some Provisions for their use." Rose directs that "a quantity of provisions to be immediately provided and sent out to those Islands, consigned to the respective Governors equal to one years Consumption of 1729 Persons to Jamaica and of 250 Persons to Dominica...."
A postscript explains that the allocation for Dominica will be augmented, in the event additional refugees arrive there.
BRITAIN RELINQUISHES EAST FLORIDA TO SPAIN, AND MAKES PROVISION FOR THE INFLUX OF BRITISH REFUGEES. A document focusing on a largely forgotten consequence of the cession of East Florida to Spain: the refugee British population. East and West Florida had remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution, but by the Treaty of Paris of 1783 the sparsely settled territory again was restored to Spain. With the American colonies now independent, English citizens who did not wish to live in Florida under Spanish rule had few available refuges other than the British-held Caribbean islands. Rose informs Nepean that he has presented to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury information "respecting the Refugees who have arrived or are expected in the islands of Jamaica and Dominica from the Province of East Florida," and has communicated "His Majesty's pleasure for sending out some Provisions for their use." Rose directs that "a quantity of provisions to be immediately provided and sent out to those Islands, consigned to the respective Governors equal to one years Consumption of 1729 Persons to Jamaica and of 250 Persons to Dominica...."
A postscript explains that the allocation for Dominica will be augmented, in the event additional refugees arrive there.