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Projekt	Dansk Vestindien
Arkivskaber	Generalguvernementet
Arkivserie	Kopibog for skrivelser til kongen
Indhold	1816 - 1826

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Main text	-ther service than that of the White Militia as part thereof, by which answer, they refused to perform a not insubstantial duty of all free people since the Colony was first established, namely the hunt for maroons and in addition thereto opposed Your Majesty’s order according to which they could under certain circumstances be called as deputes for temporary artillery service. With the exception of two, they have also all signed the letter of protest against what they call military service but which was in fact militia service and which they have, since the incorporation of the island under Lieutenant General v. Oxholm defiantly opposed and at a time when, for the lack of troops and weapons, we were considered by the evil minded among the coloreds to be in their power, which defiance was by the Leuitenan General met with great accommodation but which magnanimity appears not to have had the effect of improving their disposition. In this matter, in which I have not allowed myself to take any steps without exact and cold deliberation, I have sought the middle course between restraint and strength which, according to my conviction, solely can maintain the Constitution and I hope that the methods I have employed may meet with Your Royal Majesty’s supreme satisfaction.

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Report number	19
Date	12-03-1817
Copybook number	37
Main text	To the King! By making the declaration on the attached most humble application, I find myself in some embarrassment as, on the one hand, it is at this point in time questionable to propose any expenditure either for Your Majesty or the public treasury, and on the other hand, the undertakings of the City Colonel are so many and so important that it is impossible for him, while doing his duty, to carry out such duty without some assistance which must require of him some expenditures. It is true that when the position is viewed as an honorary position for a wealthy planter, it is not necessary to consider remuneration, but the quality of the work will reflect that, of which the decrepit condition of the roads is ample evidence. The roads have now received a major overhaul like they have not had since the times of Lieutenant General Clausen and the militia is on a footing of discip-

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