Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series
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Excerpt from Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series: America and West Indies, March, 1720 to December, 1721, Preserved in the Public Record Office At the end of February, 1720, the Spaniards from Havana delivered their long delayed attack upon the Bahama Islands. But when they appeared off New Providence, they found Governor Woodes Rogers and H.M.S. Flamborough ready to receive them. They made several attempts to land, but were repulsed. However, they were expected to return shortly in greater force, and in response to an appeal for assistance from Rogers, Commodore Vernon sailed from Jamaica with H.M.S. Mary and Ludlow Castle, intending to cruise off Havana and prevent the Spanish ships from coming out. He refused to go to Nassau on the grounds that there "there´s no water for me." Rogers, undaunted and scenting a prize, informed the Commodore that, if he could block up the enemy, he would bring some men and kships from the Bahamas, and join in an attach upon Havana (35, 47, 47 i-iv). It had been expected that the Spanish armadilia would proceed to Carolina and join with a force from St. Augustine in an attack upon that Colony (47 i-iii, v). In spite of the Cessation of Arms (1720), Spanish privateers continued to wage war upon British Shipping. Carolina suffered from privateers fitted out from St. Augustine, Jamaica from those sailing with commissions from Trinidado on Cuba. It was all one to them, whether it were peace or war, it was declared. The Council of Trade and Plantations, in bringing their depredations to the notice of the Lords Justices, proposed that urgent representation should be made to the Court of Madrid, to put a stop to such conduct (213, 283 i, 284, 288, 292, 340). A lively engagement between British and Spanish privateers is described (277 ii). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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