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127 x 101 mm. Showing a march past of the military band at the end of the coronation celebrations.

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127 x 101 mm. A view from the same location as the preceding plate showing the guard of honour firing a feu-de-joie after the flag has been fully raised.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

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5 copies.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

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107 x 56 mm. A postcard (original photograph) showing the Belize City Court House with rows of flags hanging from the flagpole in front of the building. The reverse of the card is used for a brief note regarding a subscription fee (signature of writer illegible).

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127 x 101 mm. Showing the Court House decorated with flags and bunting and a message reading 'God Bless Our King and Queen'.

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202 x 149 mm. Mr Nicholas Ridley, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, leads delegates to the Belize Constitutional Conference into the Conference room at Marlborough House for the opening session of talks. The country’s delegation is led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Mr C L B Rogers (nearest the camera).

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'Social and administrative developments in British Honduras, 1798-1843', a B. Litt. thesis for Oxford University, 300 pages, with a map.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...

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137 x 87 mm. A postcard (original photograph) by Avery showing crowds of school children and others on the lawn of Government House, with a marching band entering the foreground of the picture. Government House looks on to the Belize City waterfront which can be seen in the background.

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Extracts from the archives, news cuttings and various original documents. They appear to have been compiled by Frederick Hardyman Parker, probably as research for a projected history of British Honduras. Some were likely collected by his father, William Alexander Parker, Chief Justice of British Honduras.

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The first extract records Chief Justice Temple's charge to the jury during the trial of William Eustace Fitzgibbon, in Oct. 1847, for publishing an allegedly seditious libel in 'The Honduras Observer and Belize Gazette'. The second records Temple's charge to the jury during trials for murder in Aug. 1848. The file also contains an apprenticeship indenture, notes on Crown land, burial rights and serving summons, and shipping receipts.

Scope and Contents Records of decisions and opinions given by Chief Justices W.A.M. Sheriff, William Parker and W. Meigh Goodman and the results of any appeals in the following cases:1. Florence Vega and John Carmichael, 7 Nov. 18632. John Lodge and Attorney-General, 2 June 18643. Jacinto Valencia and Manuel Casares, 5 July 18764. The Queen and the American brig ‘Lula’, 26 Jan. 18805. Derelict mahogany and cedar, 1 Sept. 18836. Charles Hunter and Alexander Hunter...

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The first section consists of a copy of a letter book of the Mosquito Shore, marked No. 8, ‘The same book being now in a decayed state.’ It contains letters from 29 December 1775 to 3 June 1777. The second section, probably copied at the same time, covers the period June to September 1785.

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Extracts and notes on inheritance law, insolvency, the royal prerogative, the power of the governor, the Vice-Admiralty Court, and the army officer and revolutionary, Edward Marcus Despard, who served as superintendent of Honduras, 1786-1790. There is also a report on the case of Rev. Matthew Newport vs. John Gough, public treasurer of British Honduras, printed in the ‘Honduras watchman’.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Extracts from the archives, news cuttings and various original documents. They appear to have been compiled by Frederick Hardyman Parker, probably as research for a projected history of British Honduras. Some were likely collected by his father, William Alexander Parker, Chief Justice of British Honduras.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Arthur was an efficient administrator and kept copies of virtually every official letter he wrote during his tenure as Superintendent and Commandant. These include dispatches to Bathurst on colonial affairs and to the Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica, regarding military administration. Letters to neighbouring Spanish colonies reflect his diplomatic responsibilities. Part of the collection relates to Bradley’s dispute with Arthur, which went before Parliament in 1837. A series of Inland Letter...