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Title: 3d June 1772 Mr Fitzhugh to Mr Rogers } Bond for Payment of £1500 and Intt. (docket title)
Place of Origin: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Date: 1772-06-03
Series Heading: M209. Fitzhugh, William, d. 1772?
Geography: Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)
Subject: Contracts for deeds, Estate sales -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Debtor and creditor -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Know all men by these presents that I [Wm. Fitzhugh...] am held and firmly bound to [Mrs. Mary Rogers... in the Sum of three thousand pounds]..." signed "Wm. Fitzhugh.", Original digital object name: bei-m209b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Amesbury, Massachusetts, and St. Vincent, 29 June 1773-Jan. 1812...
Place of Origin: Amesbury (England); Massachusetts; St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Date: 1773-06-29
Series Heading: M221. Martin, John, fl. 1773-1812.
Geography: Grenada, Saint Vincent, Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands), Saint Vincent, Union Island (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Subject: Amesbury (England), Account books, Shipping -- Accounting, Cargo, Merchants, Distributors (Commerce) -- Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century, Letters -- Facsimiles, Wills -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Facsimilies -- History -- 19th century, Freemasonry -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- History -- 19th century, Plantation owners -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Notes: John Martin, a ship's chandler in Amesbury, Massachusetts, included among his accounts David Lowell; Isaac, Sarah, and Jonathan Martin; Capt. William Bagley, Nathan Long, Isaac Osgood, Joseph Dodge, John White, and Nathan Blodgett; Enoch Bartlett, Daniel Dinnerson Rogers and James Dunkin of Haverhill; John Pinkinton, James McGregor of Derry; and Samuel Phillips of Andover.The ledger also includes seven notarized copies (on 9 leaves) of letters from Thomas Traill of St. James Estate, Grenada, executor of Jonathan Martin, who owned the island of Petit St. Vincent, along with a copy of Martin's will. Two pages at end illustrate Masonic rites. The last entry is dated 27 May 1811."1812 the Heirs to the Estate of My Hond Father Jonathan Martin of Little St Vincent..." and "A Copy of the Copy of The last Will and Testament of Jonathan Martin late of Petit St. Vincent, in the West Indies... I Jonathan Martin of the Union Island Planter...", Original digital object name: bei-m221, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: George Lowman Esqr. to Francis Cabot Esqr. } Lease for a year. (docket title)
Date: 1773-02-18
Series Heading: M219. Lowman, George, fl. 1773.
Geography: Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)
Subject: Leases -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Saint Vincent -- Early works to 1800, Slaveholders -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Saint Vincent, West Indies -- History
Notes: George Lowman of St. Vincent leased Ladoux in the parish of St. Andrew, with its 95 named "Negroes and Slaves," to Francis Cabot of Southampton; signed "George Lowman.", Original digital object name: bei-m219, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Journal, 1 Aug. 1817-30 Aug. 1819. Codex
Date: 1817-08-01
Series Heading: M490. Kitchingman, T_____ , fl. 1817-1819, Lieutenant, R.N.
Geography: Barbados, Saint-Domingue, Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands), Venezuela, West Indies
Subject: Voyages and travels -- Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands), Voyages and travels -- South America, Mercenary troops, Two Friends (Brig), Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- History -- 19th century, Warships -- Drawings, Boli´var, Simo´n, 1783-1830, South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 -- Personal narratives, Calabozo (Venezuela), Slave ships, West Indies -- History
Notes: [journal]For author's name see p. 170."Passage from Portsmouth to the Island of St. Thomas... 1st Augt. 1817.... on board the Ship Two Friends -- Captn. Corns. Ryan with 91 Passengers... to South America <our place of Destination>... Felt the difference of my Situation, being among a set of Men spending their Sabbath in Cursing and Swearing... Commenced the Study of Spanish... nearly 100 of us, a great Proportion British Officers..."At St. Thomas, Agents Mendez and Walton were to supply them $200 each and instructions as to final destination but could not be found; the author decides to return home but on the way met Captain Osborne; they join Colonel Needham and "8 or 9 other Officers, who intended to join the Patriots..."Received by Lieutt. General Tomás Montilla on their arrival at Old Guyana."The Government of Venezuela have declared themselves Independent..."; listing all officers, Bolivar through Col. Richards, Secretary to the Admiral.Minor skirmishes (Calaboza), various commanders, campaign; Bolivar's personal staff; full account, with sketch, of battle in which author is wounded."The following is a correct List of the English officers in this Action" includes himself by name.Leave of absence, return, final departure; rift between Bolivar and Col. Páez results in English officers imprisoned; aboard H.M. Frigate Tartar (Sir Geo. Collier) in Barbados, "A large Spanish armed Corvette <the Herculina> had the Impudence to Anchor close to our Frigate full of Slaves from Africa: being in a French Port, the Tartar dare not touch her, tho' employed on the African Station..."; author returns home, stopping at St. Domingo under King Christophle.Appendix, pp. 295-317.Kitchingman was not known to Alfred Hasbrouck (see his Foreign Legionaries in the Liberation of Spanish South America, N. Y., 1928)., Original digital object name: bei-m490, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Mr Jackson To Jno Statham Esqr and another } Assignment of two Annuities of £50 and £40 (docket title)
Date: 1775-08-04
Series Heading: M238. Jackson, William, fl. 1775.
Geography: Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)
Subject: Annuities -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Early works to 1800, Annuities -- Purchasing -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Saint Vincent, Plantations -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sold By Thomas Druce, Stationer. Staple Inn Holborn. and At the Corner of [Quality?] Court Chancery Lane" engraved on first sheet.William Jackson sold both annuities, issuing from a St. Vincent plantation, to Richard Willis, John Statham, and Catherina Barker, widow. Signed "Wm Jackson" and "Richd. Willis", Original digital object name: bei-m238, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Ms. letter to Monsieur de la…, Martinique?, 11 Aug. 1779.
Place of Origin: Martinique
Date: 1779-08-11
Series Heading: M265. Barré de St. Venand, fl. 1779.
Geography: Grenada, Martinique, Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)
Subject: Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794, France. Marine -- Officers -- Early works to 1800, Grenada, Battle of, 1779, West Indies -- History -- 1775-1783, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French, Sugar trade -- Early works to 1800, Martinique -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Signed, "Monsieur L'Arrivée imprévue de Mr Le Cte D'Estaing, Et le Depart dans deux ou trois Jours d'un Convoy quil fera escorter, me permet Encore de vous Ecrire..." signed "Barré de St Venand."Concerns the interruption of the sugar trade and its anticipated recovery with D'Estaing's capture of Grenada., Original digital object name: bei-m265, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: West Indian Mems [i.e., memoirs]
Series Heading: M593a. Shand, Francis, fl. 1860.
Geography: Antigua, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands), Saint Vincent, Trinidad, West Indies
Subject: Voyages and travels, Great Britain. Army -- Officers -- Aides -- Diaries, Watercolor painting -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- Social life and customs -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m593a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: bei-m209a
Date: 1772
Series Heading: M209. Fitzhugh, William, d. 1772?
Geography: Saint Thomas (United States Virgin Islands)
Subject: Inventories of decedents' estates -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Early works to 1800, Slave records, Livestock, Buildings, West Indies -- History
Notes: Particulars of the Estate, Negroes Buildings &, c of Wm Fitzhugh deceas'd, in the Island of St. Vincents. ...Lists approximately 110 slave names, acreage, buildings, and livestock.With four copies, each 2 p., each about 32 cm., each with the same docket title and identical text., Original digital object name: bei-m209a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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