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Title: 25 May 1838. AL to Joseph Liggins, "My Dear Friend...
Date: 1838-05-25
Series Heading: M561. Selbridge, Mrs., fl. 1838.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Diaries, Voyages and travels, Adventure and adventurers -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, Charts, Map drawing, West Indies -- Maps, West Indies -- Description and trave, West Indies -- Historyl
Notes: "My Dear Friend I return you your Journal with many thanks for your kindness in lending it to me -- and I have perused it with great pleasure as being the work of so valued a friend in addition to its own merit...", Original digital object name: bei-m561, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: 25. Aug. 1783. "My Dear Sir I have been with Mr...
Date: 1783-08-25
Series Heading: M295. Rodney, George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney, 1719-1792.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Complaint letters -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Plantation owners -- West Indies, Life skills.
Notes: "My Dear Sir I have been with Mr Edward but find that Gentlemen since he has hired Westbury for a term of years and finds he is not likely to get it off his hands has given up all thought of purchasing, in short I never knew one of those West India Planters that knew their own minds...", Original digital object name: bei-m295, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: 3 manuscript letters to Sir William Codrington (1719-1792), concerning plantation matters, legal actions and movements, and reports from North America. 7 1/2 pp. Antigua, June 10, 1780; December 8, 1781; July 29, 1790.
Series Heading: MS238a. Lovell, Langford.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Actions and defenses (Administrative law), Plantations, North America, Colonial administrators -- West Indies, British -- Early works to 1800 -- Correspondence, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms238a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: 3 manuscript letters to Sir William Codrington (1719-1792), concerning plantation matters, legal actions and movements, and reports from North America. 7 1/2 pp. Antigua, June 10, 1780; December 8, 1781; July 29, 1790.
Series Heading: MS238b. Lovell, Langford.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Colonial administrators -- West Indies, British -- Early works to 1800 -- Correspondence, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms238b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: 3 manuscript letters to Sir William Codrington (1719-1792), concerning plantation matters, legal actions and movements, and reports from North America. 7 1/2 pp. Antigua, June 10, 1780; December 8, 1781; July 29, 1790.
Series Heading: MS238c. Lovell, Langford.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Colonial administrators -- West Indies, British -- Early works to 1800 -- Correspondence, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms238c, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: 4 Mar. [1812?] ALS, 2p. To "Revd Dr. Burney," "Many thanks...
Date: 1812-03-04
Series Heading: M469. Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 -- Correspondence, Abolitionists -- History -- 19th century, Clergy -- Correspondence, West Indies -- History
Notes: Wilberforce, a close friend of William Pitt, devoted much of his active political career to the abolition of slavery, cf. DNB 21:208-217."Many thanks my dear Sir, but..." signed "W Wilberforce", Original digital object name: bei-m469a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: 6 March 1796. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Date: 1796-03-06
Series Heading: M373a. Rindge, Isaac, fl. 1796.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Surveying -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Surveys -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Plantations -- Surveys, Surveys -- Certification, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m373bis, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: A Quaker merchant, William Graham writes about the slave revolt and business in Antigua. May 29, 1738. 2 pp., 30 cm.
Series Heading: MS264. Antigua. Letter.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Quakers -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua -- Correspondence, Slave insurrections -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms264, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: A letter to John Jackson. 2 pp. 37 cm. October 31, 1776.
Series Heading: MS223. Coutts, George.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Correspondence, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms223, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: A list of Negroes on Georges Plain Estate 1st Jany 1800. The register lists 250 slave by name, occupation and physical condition. Exact location of the Estate has not been identified. 8 pp. 32.5 cm. January 1, 1800.
Series Heading: MS240. West Indies. Slave Register.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Slaves -- Registers, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms240, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: ALS to William Stockdale, London, 1793?, "Dear Sir I...
Place of Origin: London (England)
Date: 1793
Series Heading: M354. Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800, Stockdale, John Joseph, 1770-1847, Authors and publishers -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Illustrators, Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834
Notes: "Dear Sir I thank you for your letter of Friday. -- I proposed to Mr. West to paint a picture for me..." signed "B Edwards", two postscripts.The painting, actually executed by Thomas Stothard, entitled "The Voyage of the Sable Venus, from Angola to the West Indies," appears in vol. 2, p. 29 of Edwards' History., Original digital object name: bei-m354a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: ALS, Mon. 9 Jan. 1822, "To the overseers and Church wardens etc...
Date: 1822-01-09
Series Heading: M469. Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Property tax relief, Churchwardens' accounts, Extenuating circumstances, Church and social problems, Charities, West Indies -- History
Notes: 2p. "To the overseers and Church wardens &, c. of St Margarets Westmr" "Gentn Understanding that there is to be a Meeting tomorrow for the purpose of receiving appeals and applications for the mitigation of ye Rates, I take the Liberty of submitting... the Suggestion of mitigating the poor rate..." signed "W Wilberforce", Original digital object name: bei-m469d, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Account sheet. George Sisson to Joram Place at Kingston Jamaica. 2 pp. 33.5 x 21 cm.
Series Heading: MS218.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Account books -- Jamaica-- Kingston, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms218, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Affidavit, signed by William Pickett, mayor of London, May 5, 1790, regareing John Lee
Date: 1790-03-05
Series Heading: M338. Nesbitt, John, 1745?-1817.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Notes: Affidavit, signed by William Pickett, May 4, 1790, regarding John Lee, Original digital object name: bei-m338d, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Another copy.
Series Heading: M349. Rochechoüart de la Touche, fl. 1792.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Cousins -- Martinique -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Touche family -- Correspondence, Manuscripts -- Facsimiles
Notes: -----. Another copy., Original digital object name: bei-m349b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Au Nom De La Republique Francaise. Extrait du registre des...
Date: 1797-03-28
Series Heading: M392. France. Commission.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Ship captains -- West Indies, French -- Early works to 1800, Ship captains -- United States -- Early works to 1800, Capture at sea -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: ...Au Nom De La République Française. Extrait du registre des délibérations de la Commission..."Liberté. Egalité." Au Cap, le [blank] an sixième de la République française, une et indivisible. Au Nom De La République Française. Extrait du registre des délibérations..." printed at top of page. "No. 1829." in ms. at top of page, date of "7 Germinal [an] cinq" filled in ms.Begins "Vu La Lettre d'Arbanière, juge de paix de Jean Rabel, du 1er de ce mois, accompagnant L'envoy de La procédure et des papiers originaux relatifs au bateau Le Iames, de Philadelphie, Capitain Robert Palmer, capturé Le 25 ventose dernier, par Le corsaire L'Enfant trouvé capitaine Pierre Brard, Vu Le procès verbal de Capture du dit bateau..."Ends "Le Présent arrîté sera Notifié au capitaine du dit bateau à La diligence du Capne Capteur ou de son représentant... Pour Copie Conforme Le Secrétaire Général de La Comté Pascal", Original digital object name: bei-m392, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Au Sujet de la liberté de la presse. (docket title) Paris, 23 Sept. 1819...
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1819-09-23
Series Heading: M500. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Bureau d'Administration.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Freedom of the press -- France -- History -- 19th century, Freedom of the press -- West Indies, French -- History -- 19th century, Political rights -- West Indies, French -- History -- 19th century, Denial of justice -- West Indies, French, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Monsieur le Comte, Quoique les dispositions des lois récemment rendus en France au sujet de la liberté de la presse, ne soient point applicables aux Colonies..." signed "Baron Portalis"., Original digital object name: bei-m500, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Autograph fragment of a letter, initialled
Date: 1773
Series Heading: M217. Wentworth, Hugh Hall, ca. 1740-1774.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Debtor and creditor -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Equitable remedies -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Debtor and creditor -- Correspondence, West Indies -- History
Notes: "...You have all that I bro't, that I have or can get -- is it to any purpose for me to die in the Streets? No Sir, -- By this means you must lose your money, and I repeat it to you again and again -- That I shall not die in Peace, untill it is paid -- ... As Mr Apthorp has kindly confer'd with you in my behalf..." initialled "HHW"Has been separated by circumstances from his family and business., Original digital object name: bei-m217, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Baptisimal form. Early example of Demerary printing. Certifies the baptism of William Clark, born 17 Oct 1805, son of Richard Clarke and Anna Marie Runnels Clarke. Printed on fine "Dobbs Patent" paper with blind stamped decorative scroll border inside which is printer's decorative border. Georgetown, Demerary, 1806. 1 pp., 18 cm.
Series Heading: MS271. Demerary. McMahon, Rev. Francis.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Birth certificates -- Guyana -- Demerara -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms271, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Bill of Sale for the Brigg Free Mason. (docket title)
Author: Steel, Nicholas, fl. 1760
All Contributors: Steel, Nicholas, fl. 1760 (Author), Douglas, James, Sir, 1703-1787 (Contributor), Free Mason (Ship : fl. 1760) (Contributor)
Place of Origin: Guadeloupe
Date: 1760-11-17
Series Heading: M146. Steel, Nicholas, fl. 1760.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchant ships -- Guadeloupe, Ships -- Registration and transfer, Bills of sale -- Early works to 1800, Selling -- Used boats, West Indies -- History
Notes: Sir James Douglas was co-owner., Original digital object name: bei-m146, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Bill of lading for coffee, Le Havre, 8 June 1786. Printed form...
Place of Origin: Le Havre (France)
Date: 1786-06-08
Series Heading: M310. Port of St. Pré.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Solide (Ship), Bills of lading -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, West Indies, French -- Colonies -- Commerce -- France, France -- Commerce -- West Indies, West Indies -- History
Notes: [bill of lading for coffee]Pierre Augustin LeBourgeois consigns coffee to the ship Solide for Le Havre, where it is received and signed for on the verso by Messrs. Feray and Harb., Original digital object name: bei-m310, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Bordeaux, 12 Aug. 1778. ALS to Pocquet de Puilhery
Place of Origin: Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
Date: 1778-08-12
Series Heading: M258. Texier, Mme., fl. 1778.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Orvilliers, M. le comte d' (Louis Guillouet), -- 1708-1792, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- French participation, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations, Ushant, Battle of, 1778, Coffee trade, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Dear Sir I am now to acknowledge the Receipt of yr very kind and obliging Letter... It will give me pleasure to hear that [all your family] have been carried safely thro the Small-pox... His most Xtian Majesty it seems hath concluded a Treaty of Friend Ship between France and the United States of America..." signed "David Jeffries", Original digital object name: bei-m258, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Bordeaux, 17 March 1817. ALS to Mme. Levassor
Place of Origin: Bordeaux (Aquitaine, France)
Date: 1817-03-17
Series Heading: M486. Desvallon, R., fl. 1817.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Uncles -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Correspondence, Nieces -- Correspondence, West Indies -- History
Notes: "je Suis Bien Sensible Mon aimable Niéce, a Linteret que vous voulez Bien prendre a Ma Santé... R. Desvallon", Original digital object name: bei-m486, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 10 May 1797. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1797-05-10
Series Heading: M393. Eckley, Joseph, fl. 1792-1797.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Real estate agents -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Real property -- New Hampshire -- Early works to 1800, Real estate management, Merchants -- Health aspects, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir, In my last letter I informed you that in consideration of the bad state of health under which you laboured, the heirs of Mr. Jeffries had... committed the care and direction of the various lots... to Mr. John Goddard..." signed "Joseph Eckley" and requesting an accounting., Original digital object name: bei-m393, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 11 Nov. 1782. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1782-11-11
Series Heading: M286. Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m286, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 13 Jan. 1783. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1783-01-13
Series Heading: M291. Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, Wentworth family, Merchants -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- New England -- Early works to 1800, Cordage -- France, Rope industry, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir As Messrs Tracy's have a quantity of excellent Cordage just arriv'd from France..." signed "Sam Breck", Original digital object name: bei-m291, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 16 Oct. 1782. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1782-10-16
Series Heading: M284. Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Masts and rigging -- Maintenance and repair -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Truthfulness and falsehood -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir As their are men yet to be found who are base enough to misrepresent, and so infamous as to declare known Falshood, I have sent to the Major the letter which you last wrote to me, by which it will be easy for him to point out to me the Man, who has been so lost to all sense of Honor, as to make to him such an unfair representation respecting the Masts, of which I wrote so fully in my last..." signed "Sam Breck", Original digital object name: bei-m284, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 17 Feb. 1766. ALS to Hugh Hall Wentworth...
Author: Lloyd, Henry, 1709-1795
Addressee: Wentworth, Hugh Hall, ca. 1740-1774
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1766-02-17
Series Heading: M176. Lloyd, Henry, fl. 1766.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchant ships -- valuation -- early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "...Capt. Haynes... offer'd to sell me his Sloop shall be oblig'd to you if you will examine her..." signed "Henry Lloyd", Original digital object name: bei-m176, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 17 Sept. 1796, "Dear Sir, I received your...
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1796-09-17
Series Heading: M382. Eckley, Joseph, fl. 1792-1797.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Real estate agents -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Advertising -- Real estate business -- New Hampshire -- Early works to 1800, Wentworth family, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Dear Sir, I received your Letter of the 14 instant..." signed "Joseph Eckley"Acknowledges receipt of printed advertisement for the sale of the New Hampshire lots, thanks Joshua Wentworth for all his help., Original digital object name: bei-m382, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 2 July 1796. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1796-07-02
Series Heading: M378. Jeffries, D., fl. 1796.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- Massachusetts -- Early works to 1800, Payment, Receipts (Acknowledgments) -- West Indies, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir Your favor by Post with the money enclos'd... came safe to hand..." signed "D. Jeffries"with, on verso of the same sheet:, Original digital object name: bei-m378a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 20 April 1778. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1778-04-20
Series Heading: M257. Jeffries, David, 1714-1785.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Smallpox -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- Correspondence, France. Treaties, etc. United States, 1778 February 6, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sold by Blackshaw and Peacock Stationers, Chancery Lane. where Writings are fairly Ingrossed and Copied." engr. in initial.Anthony Cunyngham sold "All That plantation... in... Saint Christopher granted by Letters patent... to Robert Cunyngham Grandfather..." to John Knight and Thomas Gataker. Signed "Anthy Cunyngham" "John Knight" "Thomas Gataker."Land in the Cayon quarter of Basse Terre Town., Original digital object name: bei-m257, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 20 Dec. 1782. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1782-12-20
Series Heading: M288. Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, Wentworth family, Merchants -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- New England -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir General Viominil will do me the Honor to deliver to you this Letter..." signed "Sam Breck.", Original digital object name: bei-m288, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 20 Jan. 1797. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Series Heading: M390. Jeffries, John, 1745-1819, M.D.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Letters of intent, Deeds, Physicians, Baloonists, Real estate agents, Vendors and purchasers -- Massachusetts -- Early works to 1800, Real property -- Valuation -- Early works to 1800, Real property -- Massachusetts, West Indies -- History
Notes: Boston, 20 Jan. 1797. ALS to Joshua Wentworth, 3 p. 20.5 cm. Integral address. "Dear Colonel Altho I had lately troubled you and altho I have been long in earnest expectancy of hearing from you..." signed "John Jeffries"Asking for the deeds to the Barrington Lands and expresses relief that they haven't yet been sold, as he wishes not to do so at such a low price., Original digital object name: bei-m390a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 21 Feb. 1777. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1777-02-21
Series Heading: M251. Manley, John, fl. 1777.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Privateering -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- Commerce, Ship captains -- Selection and appointment, Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir -- Your Favour of the 5th Instant is Just come to Hand wherein you Recommend Capt. Thos Dalling..." to command the privateer General Sullivan, signed "John Manley.", Original digital object name: bei-m251, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 22 Aug. 1776. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1776-08-22
Series Heading: M249. Barrell, John, fl. 1776.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Secrecy -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Early works to 1800, Confidential communications, Commission merchants -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Privateering -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "D Sir Ive no Letter from you p post I expected one, and hoped it would have inform'd you had secured the Bill... we are fitting for a privateer... this you'l [keep] to your self..." signed "Jo Barrell", Original digital object name: bei-m249, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 26 Aug. 1796. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1796-08-26
Series Heading: M380. Eckley, Joseph, fl. 1792-1797.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Vendors and purchasers -- New Hampshire -- Early works to 1800, Real estate agents -- West Indies -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- New Hampshire -- Early works to 1800, Real property -- New Hampshire, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Dear Sir, It is some time since I had the pleasure of hearing from you..." signed "Joseph Eckley"In haste to sell the New Hampshire lands., Original digital object name: bei-m380, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 26 Feb. 1783. ALS to [Wentworth?], "Sir these...
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1783-02-26
Series Heading: M294. Harris, Samuel, fl. 1783.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Masts and rigging -- Purchasing -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Merchant ships -- Purchasing -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir these are to Inform you that I am in Want of a mast..." signed "Samuel Harris", Original digital object name: bei-m294a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 28 Feb. 1755. ALS to Hugh Wentworth...
Author: Martin, Thomas, 1732-1805
Addressee: Wentworth, Hugh Hall, ca. 1740-1774
All Contributors: Martin, Thomas, 1732-1805 (Author), Wentworth, Hugh Hall, ca. 1740-1774 (Addressee)
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1755-02-28
Series Heading: M117. Martin, Thomas, fl. 1755.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m117a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 4 Feb. 1795. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1795-02-4
Series Heading: M367. Eckley, Joseph, fl. 1792-1797.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Vendors and purchasers -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Receipts (Acknowledgments) -- West Indies -- Correspondence, Complaint letters -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir, In the month of December last, I embraced the opportunity of writing to you by the Hon: Mr. Jaffrey... to inquire concerning the probability of Mr. Jeffries's heirs recieving the money for the land they sold to Mr. Mann..." signed "Joseph Eckley", Original digital object name: bei-m367, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston, 4 Sept. 1783. Ms. letter to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1783-09-04
Series Heading: M296. Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, Shipment of goods -- West Indies, Lumber -- Transportation -- West Indies, Dairy cattle -- Purchasing -- Barbados -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Signed, "Sir I observe by your favor of the 2nd instant that no Ship had arriv'd to receive the Lumber... Monsr Maley, the french Gentleman that was with us at portsmouth, wishes to have four new [bred?] Milch Cows... to be delivered to the Order of the Governor of the Port of St. Peters..." signed "Sam Breck", Original digital object name: bei-m296a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Boston? 11 March 1796. ALS to Joshua Wentworth
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)?
Date: 1796-03-11
Series Heading: M375. Eckley, Joseph, fl. 1792-1797.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Attest function (Auditing) -- New Hampshire -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Audited financial statements -- New Hampshire -- Facsimiles, Notaries, Boundaries (Estates) -- New Hampshire -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "...Your letter of the 29[?] inclosing Mr. Parkers letter and an attested copy of the doings of the Commissioners and division of the New Hampshire Estate, I received a few days ago..." signed "Joseph Eckley", Original digital object name: bei-m375, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809.
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1783-03-08
Series Heading: M294. Harris, Samuel, fl. 1783.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Ship captains -- Correspondence -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, Shipment of goods -- West Indices, Invoices -- West Indies, Flour Industry -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809."The following is a Copy of a Letter sent by Capt. Partridge Sir Inclosed you have an Invoice of One hundred and four barrells of Merchantable wheat Flour... A Ship just arrived from Amsterdam in 42 Day's, says that peace is yet at a Distance... Sign'd to the Original Saml. Breck", Original digital object name: bei-m294b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809. Boston, 16 Oct. 1783. ALS to Joshua...
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1783-10-16
Series Heading: M296. Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- History -- 18th century, Shipment of goods -- West Indies, West Indies -- History
Notes: Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809., Original digital object name: bei-m296c, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Brest, 19 Cept. 1824. ALS to Donzelot, "Mon General,...
Place of Origin: Brest (France)
Date: 1824-09-19
Series Heading: M533. Chassériau, Benoit, fl. 1790-1830?.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Gratitude -- Martinique, Admonition, Diplomats -- France -- Correspondence, Governors -- Martinique -- Correspondence, Escapes -- Columbia -- Carthagena -- History -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Mon Général, arrivé dans ce Port, J'éprouve le Cervice de Vous renouveller l'assurance de Sentiments... ce que vous avez daigné faire pour mon fils et pour moi restera toujours gravé dans le cœur..." signed "Bt. Chasseriau" with postscript., Original digital object name: bei-m533a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Brevet d'adjonction à la place de Directeur des Ports et Arsenaux de Marine Pour le S. de la Touche Capitaine de Vau. (docket title)
Date: 1785-02-27
Series Heading: M305. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Directeur des Ports et Arsenaux de Marine.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: France. Ministere de la marine et des colonies, Martinique -- Officials and employees -- Early works to 1800, France. Marine -- Officers, Military orders -- Martinique, France, Colonies -- Early works to 1800, Military administration -- West Indies, French -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m305, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Brevet de Lieutenant de Vaisseau Pour le S. [de la Touche de Beauregard Eleve a la premiere Classe]... (docket title)
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1789-10-10
Series Heading: M332. France. Sovereign, 1774-1792 (Louis XVI). 10 Oct. 1789.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Letters patent -- Early works to 1800, Ship captains -- West Indies, French -- Early works to 1800, France. Marine -- Officers -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Aujourd'hui [dixieme] du mois d['Octobre] mil sept cen quatre-vingt-[neuf] Le Roi étant à [Paris]"Countersigned for Le Duc de Penthièvre, Amiral de France "à [chateauneuf du Loire] le [Vingt octobre mil Sept Cent quatrevingt neuf. L. T. M. de Bourbon]... [Enregistré... à Brest le douze decembre 1789 Sierron]"., Original digital object name: bei-m332, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Brimstone Hill. A detailed account by the English commander of the French destruction of British shipping at Basseterre. William Woodley to Lord Lavington. Lists the 11 French warships and the number of guns. Lists the 7 ships destroyed, their captains, tonnage, cargo, supposed value, destination, and the ships remaining. March 25, 1805. 5pp., 25 cm.
Series Heading: MS258. St. Christopher.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Brimstone Hill Fortress (Saint Kitts and Nevis) -- Siege, 1782 -- Personal narratives, War diaries, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms258, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Broadside: To be sold at public auction on Wednesday next, the 3d day of March 1802, …
Date: 1802-02-25
Series Heading: B569. Broadside
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-b569, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Butcher's Bill Memorandums Amusements (rear? Cover title)...
Date: 1794-06-01
Series Heading: M359. Douglas, William, fl. 1794-1820.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Expense accounts -- Abstracts, Home economics -- Accounting -- Early works to 1800, Account books -- Antigua and Barbuda, Miscellanea, Hospital trustees -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Butcher's Bill Memorandums Amusements (rear? cover title)."Annual Abstract of Household Expences Taken Monthly From the 1st of June 1791 No 2 Memorandums Amusements" (front? cover).Includes 14 leaves of poetry, psalms, etc.; accounts [leaves 15-29]; psalms, leaves 30-86); 10 leaves of accounts, 3 leaves "amusements," 1 leaf excised, 85 leaves of accounts.with, enclosed loose:Ms. draft of a letter from William Douglas "To the President The Vice Presidents The Governors And the Committee of the Magdalen Hospital"1 p. 22 cm., Original digital object name: bei-m359, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Butler, Of Kirkland: printed genealogical table, Ms. Additions through 1933
Date: 1933
Series Heading: B941. Butler, Of Kirkland
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-b941b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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