Sir Graham Eden Hamond correspondence and reports

Letters and reports addressed to Admiral Graham Eden Hamond or forwarded to his attention, describing the events surrounding the Cabanagem revolt and conveying appeals from British merchants for protection via the local British consuls. Letters from consul Edward Watts in Pernambuco describe political conditions in the province and discuss aspects of the revolt; Watts also encloses a plea for protection from the British Royal Navy signed by 12 British merchants in Pernambuco. Two reports from the province of Maranhão dated August and September 1835 describe an attack on the city of São Luís. Also included are two copies of a letter from Sir John Barrow in January 1836, relaying messages of approval from British Royal Navy officials for Hamond's blockade strategy.