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AFRICAN MEMORANDA. ■ CHAPTER I. ' .*■ . . • r ■ ■ , • Proceedings of the Committee of a Society for establishing a Colony on the Western Coast of Africa, from the Period of its Institution, till the Departure of the Colonists from England. IN consequence of the determination of Messrs. Dalrymple 1791. and Beaver, to attempt a settlement on the island of Bulama, they had made known their intentions on that subject to some of their military friends, who eagerly joined in their views, and in a few days the following gentlemen Nov. 2. < • ■ - ■ ■ ■ . ... . ■ . , Messrs. Henry Hew Dalrymple,* John Young,+ Sir Wm. Halton, Bart.* John, King, § Robert Dobbin,^ Philip Beater, * Late an officer in some regiment stationed at Goree. + Late an Officer in the 42d regiment. | Late a Captain in the Militia. § A Lieutenant of Marines. 1 Lieutenants in the R. Navy.