Letters from the C.O. after Blackburne took up his appointment and letters from the Grand Priory of the Hospital of St. John, the Colonial Secretary of the Gambia, and copies of Blackburne's replies
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/9 folder 2, fols. 135-248
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Letters from the C.O. after Blackburne took up his appointment and letters from the Grand Priory of the Hospital of St. John, the Colonial Secretary of the Gambia, and copies of Blackburne's replies
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/9 folder 2, fols. 135-248
Summary
Including: ff184-214, letters concerning Blackburne's future post, with suggestions of the Governorship of West Nigeria, Hong Kong and British Guiana.
Date
23 Oct 1950-22 Feb 1957
Language
English
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Collection contents
Archive of Sir Kenneth William Blackburne
Correspondenee, a diary and other papers relating to Blackburne's work at the C.O., and his period of office as Governor of the Leeward Islands
Correspondence and papers relating to Blackburne' s period of office in the Leeward Islands
Letters from the C.O. after Blackburne took up his appointment and letters from the Grand Priory of the Hospital of St. John, the Colonial Secretary of the Gambia, and copies of Blackburne's replies
