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Repository	Special Collections Archives (GB 0029)
Ref No	EUL MS 8
Date	1814
Level	Collection
Extent	1 item
Title	Martinique address by Charles Grant, collector of HM Customs
Description	The document is an address from the British merchants in Martinique on the occasion of his departure from that island in 1814. This is the context of the Napoleonic Wars. Martinique island, in the Caribbean Sea, was under British occupation from 1809 to 1814 when the island was returned to French administration following the restoration of the French monarchy in 1814.
Admin History	Charles Grant was Collector of H M Customs, Martinique until 1814. It is possible that he was of the same family as Sir William Grant, whose father was Collector of Customs in the Isle of Man (see EUL MS 17).
Language	English
Access Status	Open
Copyright	Usual EUL conditions apply.
Related Material	No related papers are known.
Access Conditions	Usual EUL arrangements apply.
Creator_Name	Grant; Charles (fl 1814); civil servant
Mgt_Group	Historical papers

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/19	Grant; Charles (fl 1814); Collector of HM Customs	fl 1814

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