Citizen Smugglers: the Connection between Contraband Trade and State Building

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Letter from Governor William Shirley of the British Bahamas to the Lieutenant Governor of Spanish Monte Christi, March 25, 1760      
Admiral Richard Tyrrell, Letter to Captain Joseph Partridge, December 30, 1763 
Admiral Richard Tyrrell, Letter to Captain Rooke, Commanding Officer of His Majesty’s Troops at Dominica, May 11, 1764      
Minutes of the British Privy Council, London, July 4, 1789  
Lieutenant Governor Bruce’s Proclamation, Dominica, April 15, 1790  
R. Wells, Acting Comptroller of the Customs in Dominica, Letter to Governor John Orde, December 13, 1790          
Article in the Bahama Gazette, August 28-31, 1792    
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