Original digital object name: bei-m456b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
"Sir about three Weeks since, a Drogher of Grenada was cut out from a Bay in that Island by #eight French prisoners of War, who had effected their Escape... F Maitland"Requests return of vessel and slaves to owner "as has been usual in such Cases.", Original digital object name: bei-m456a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
"Sir I have been honor'd with Your Excellency's Letter relative to Capt. Bouchard-- The Explanation you have given is satisfactory...", Original digital object name: bei-m456c, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
Description
The Beinecke Collection is the pièce de résistance of the Hamilton College Library collections. It is the preeminent collection of materials on the Lesser Antilles, largely from the 16th-19th centuries. This online collection includes more than 18,000 pages of rare original plantation reports, correspondence, oil paintings and watercolors. This collection was originally developed by Walter Beinecke, Jr., and donated to the Hamilton College Library.