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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: List of schooners, brigs, and ships trading in La Guaira, Sept. 1821...
Place of Origin: Fort-de-France (Martinique)
Date: 1822-05-31
Series Heading: M512. Port of La Guaira.
Geography: Martinique, Venezuela
Subject: La Guaira (Vargas, Venezuela), West Indies, French -- Commerce -- France, France -- Commerce -- West Indies, French, France -- Commerce -- Venezuela, Venezuela -- Commerce -- France, Martinique -- Commerce -- Statistics, Shipping -- West Indies, French -- Statistics, Shipping -- Venezuela -- Statistics, Bills of lading -- West Indies, Bills of lading -- Venezuela, Cacao, Coffee, Cotton, Indigo, Leather, Ship names -- Venezuela, Ship names -- West Indies, West Indies -- History
Notes: [List of schooners, brigs, and ships trading in La Guaira, Sept. 1821 -- April 1822]"Les Indépendans ont repris Posséssion de Caracas Le 1er. de Juillet 1821. and de La Gouayre Le 4. du mîme mois de cette année... Entrée des Batiments à La Gouayre 1821 Godettes Bricks Navires... 1822... on peut évaluer l'exportation des diverses denrées, toujours pendant ces 9 mois, ainsi qu'il suit..." signed "Bt. Chasseriau."Lists the amount of trade in cacao, coffee, cotton, indigo, and leather for the same period., Original digital object name: bei-m512, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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