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Title: Caribbean cruise of the yawl Ptarmigan. Series of type written bulletins about the cruise from November 15 to December 28, 1937.
Series Heading: MS229. Morison. S. E.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Vacations -- Caribbean Area, Cruise ships -- Caribbean sea, Ptarmigan (Yawl), West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms229, Typescript, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Certifficat de garde de la marine a Rochefort Pour Beauregard de Telincourt. ... (docket title)
Author: Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781
All Contributors: Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de, 1701-1781 (Author), France. Secrétariat d'État à la marine et aux colonies (Author), Gourdan, Louis, fl. 1699-1747 (Contributor), Bégon de la Picardière, Michel, 1667-1747 (Contributor), Beauregard de Telincourt, fl. 1741 (Contributor)
Place of Origin: Versailles (France)
Date: 1741-08-01
Series Heading: M78. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Rochefort (France) -- History, Naval -- Sources, Ship captains -- West Indies, French -- Early works to 1800, France. Marine -- Officers -- Early works to 1800, Saint Kitts and Nevis -- History -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Signed "Maurepas" and "Par monseigneur." "Gourdan", Original digital object name: bei-m078, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Chassériau, Benoit, fl. 1790-1830?.. Paris, 9 Nov. 1824
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1824-11-09
Series Heading: M533. Chassériau, Benoit, fl. 1790-1830?.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Letter carriers -- Venezuela -- Caracas, Governors -- Martinique, West Indies -- History
Notes: Chassériau, Benoit, fl. 1790-1830?."Mon Général, Je prends La Liberté de vous adresser un petit paquet pour Caracas, que J'ose recommander à vos soins..." signed "Bt. Chasseriau.", Original digital object name: bei-m533c, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Cinnamon Hill Estate. Autograph letter signed from A. Nisbet, agent on Tobago, to Alexander Reid, Scotland, describing his brother's affairs in the Court of Common Pleas. He gives details of the sugar crop and claims by his brother's creditors. Also a list of Negroes on Cinnamon Estate, July 1821, including about 75 indiviudals with comments on births and deaths. On verso of list are lists of cattle and mules. August 9, 1821. 3 pp. letter, 2 pp. list, 25 cm.
Series Heading: MS257. Tobago.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Account books, Cinamon Hill Plantation (Tobago), Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Sugar crops, Creditors' bills, Slave papers, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms257, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Col. Martin's proposals for surrender of his lease of Barbuda. Addressed to "Sir William Codrington Baront at Langton near Blandford Dorsetshire, recd. Oct. 11: 1756. In a secretarial hand, this is a complete inventory of stock and slaves of Martin's plantations on Barbuda, near Antigua. Martin was author of An essay upon plantership humbly inscribed to his Excellency, GeorgeThomas, Esq. 7pp., folio.
Series Heading: MS236. Martin, Samuel. Original manusc
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Forfeiture, Deeds -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Barbuda, Plantations -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Barbuda -- Early works to 1800, Inventories, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms236, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Coleridge, William Hart, Bishop of Barbados. The manuscript of the Bishop's first charge to the clery of Barbados. Original manuscript extensively corrected in both ink and pencil. A wide ranging discourse on birth, death, internment, marriage, education, schools, Sunday schools, psalmody, the state of the Negro, Codrington College, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, etc. 1830? Approx. 9000 words. 19 pp., 23 cm.
Series Heading: MS259. Barbados.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Coleridge, William Hart, 1789-1849, Church of England -- Barbados -- Bishops -- Corresponcence, Mission statements, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms259, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Colonies 1779 (on front cover). 1779/1781. Ms. account book
Date: 1779
Series Heading: M262. France. Army. Comptroller.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Account books -- West Indies, French -- Early works to 1800, France. Arme´e -- Administration -- Early works to 1800, France. Arme´e -- Accounting, West Indies, French -- Colonies -- Management, West Indies -- History
Notes: [military account book]"Isles de France and de Bourbon" (leaf 1); "Colonie de L'Inde" in ms. at leaf 62; ms. entries in various hands on leaves [1]-19, 22, 24-25, 27-29, 31, 35-40, 42-43, 48, 63-64, 73, 80, 82, 93-96, 100.Bound in vellum with cloth ties; paper label on front cover "Colonies 1781.", Original digital object name: bei-m262b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Commission de Directeur du Port à [Rochefort] pour le S. [Le Vassor de la Touche Capitaine de Vau.]... (docket title)
Place of Origin: Rochefort
Date: 1782-12-28
Series Heading: M289. France. Sovereign, 1774-1792 (Louis XVI). 28 Dec. 1782.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: France. Marine -- Officers -- Early works to 1800, Military orders -- West Indies, West Indies -- History
Notes: Signed "Louis", countersigned "Paris L. T. M. de Bourbon.", Original digital object name: bei-m289, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Conge d'un an avec Appointemens... "Fait a Paris le 12 fevrier 1791...
Series Heading: M342. France. Sovereign, 1774-1792 (Louis XVI). 12 Feb. 1791.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Military leaves and furloughs -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, France. Marine -- Officers -- Early works to 1800, Military orders -- Martinique -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Congé d['un an avec] Appointemens De Par Le Roy Il est permis au S. [La Touche Beauregard Lieutenant de Nav. et la 1ere Division de la 2eme Escadre] de s'absenter pendant [un an] du Port de [Brest]... Louis."Fait à [Paris] le [12 fevrier] 17[91.]""..De Par Le Roy Il est permis au S. [La Touche Beauregard Lieutenant de Vau. et la 1ere Division de la 2eme Escadre] de s'absenter pendant [un an] du Port de [Brest]..." signed "Louis" and "Claret Reciviere", Original digital object name: bei-m342, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Copy of a secretarial manuscript by Macartney, headed "Private", to Lord George Germaine, secretary of state for the colonies, asking for permission to resign. Within a month Grenada fell and Macartney was taken to France as a prisoner of war. St. George, Grenada. June 5, 1779. 3 pp., 32 cm.
Series Heading: MS274. Grenada. Macartney, George, 1st Earl, governor.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Confidential communications, Help-seeking behavior, Governors -- Grenada -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Governors -- Resignation, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms274, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Copy of a secretarial manuscript letter by Macartney to Admiral Samuel Barrington about "the defenceless situation of my government." St. George's Grenada. January 30, 1779. 1pp., 32 cm.
Series Heading: MS273. Grenada. Macartney, George, 1st Earl, governor.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Saint George's (Grenada), Governors -- Grenada -- Correspondence, Admirals -- Great Britain -- Correspondence, Grenada -- Defenses -- Operational readiness -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms273, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Cuba - Diary
Series Heading: MS283. Cuba
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Railroad construction workers -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century -- Diaries, Surveys -- Cuba, Slavery -- Cuba, Botany -- Cuba, Animals -- Cuba, West Indies -- History
Notes: Edward Huntington (1817-1881) Manuscript diary of a trip to Cuba to survey for a railroad from Puerto Principe to Nuevitas Nov 1836 to June 1837. It was a rugged job hacking through the jungle, exploring alternate routes, sleeping in insect ridden hammocks. He records his trip in this bound journal (6.5" x 7.5", 200 pp) the small villages, the people who give him hospitality. He describes the opportunities the new rail line would present, all without slave labor- oranges, timber, sugar. He describes in detail the process of sugarcane to sugar loaf; the process of cassava, the growing and curing of coffee. He tells of the criminal system (lashes for theft), the Catholic rituals and processions, the bullfight with the one armed matador and the sea serpent (?). He learns to appreciate Cuban food and describes the numerous unfamiliar fruits of the island. The slave trade flourished openly, the government issued passports for coastal travel to new arrivals from Africa. He comments frequently on the slave trade; incidents such as June, 1837, a ship holding over 400 landed near Nuevitas. The British Men of Wars would dump captured slaves on shore and these individuals were treated worse than slaves, becoming "apprentices" (overseers). "I would rather be a slave than an apprentice in Cuba". Huntington talked to an old slaver who went twice to the Guinea Coast returning with several hundred. "I asked him if some of them died on the voyage. He said muchissimo & many killed themselves...He enjoyed a hearty laugh telling about throwing them overboard". A US vessel took a slaver and sent it to Pensacola – The captain and crew are liable to be hanged as pirates. Huntington returned and took charge of a project for widening the Erie Canal and in 1855 became the President of Rome, NY Savings Bank. A lengthy and well written diary giving insights into life in early 19th century Cuba and the slave trade. Housed in box 21., Original digital object name: bei-ms283, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Danbury, 30 Sept. 1778. ALS to [Joshua Wentworth]
Place of Origin: Danbury
Date: 1778-09-30
Series Heading: M260. Leigh, Joseph, fl. 1778.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Forage, Forage plants, Flour, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Economic aspects -- Commerce -- West Indies, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Food supply -- West Indies, Merchants -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "matelots espagnols... délivrés à Mr Luke Mathewman Cap. du Phenix..." signed "Gerard." "The Above were recev'd from Robert Duval Keeper of the State Prison at Philadelphia" signed "L. M."Conrad Alexandre Gerard de Rayneval was the first French minister to the United States., Original digital object name: bei-m260a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Daniel Byam Mathew Esqr. to Mr. Coulthard } Lease for a Year. (docket title), 6 June 1777 / (tied with) b) Danl. Byam Mathew Esqr to Mr Coulthard } Deed to bar Intails in the Cupids Garden or penitinny plantation. (docket title), 10 June 1777
Date: 1777-06-09
Series Heading: M253. Mathew, Daniel Byam, fl. 1777.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Deeds, Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- History -- Sources, Cupid's Garden Plantation (Saint Kitts and Nevis) -- History -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Penitinny Plantation (Saint Kitts and Nevis) -- History -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Acquisition of property -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- History -- Sources, West Indies -- History
Notes: a) Daniel Byam Mathew sold Cupids Garden and Penitinny plantations to James Coulthard. Signed "D Byam Mathew"tied. b) Daniel Byam Mathew, late of Nancy in Louvain (first son of Daniel Mathew who was second son of William Mathew Captain General of H.M. Leeward Islands who bequeathed his friend Stephen Blizard Cupid's Garden and Penitinny plantations in St. Christopher), sold Cupid's Garden and Penitinny plantations to James Coulthard. Signed "D Byam Mathew", Original digital object name: bei-m253a-b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: De Par Le Roy Il est ordonné au S Beauregard de Telincourt…
Author: Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Rouillé, Antoine Louis, 1689-1761
Addressee: Beauregard de Telincourt, Sieur, fl. 1750-1751
All Contributors: Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 (Author), Rouillé, Antoine Louis, 1689-1761 (Author), France. Armée (Author), Beauregard de Telincourt, Sieur, fl. 1750-1751 (Addressee), France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV) (Author), France. Secrétariat d'État à la marine et aux colonies (Author)
Place of Origin: Compiègne (France)
Date: 1750-07-01
Series Heading: M105. France. Army.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: France. Armée. Infanterie -- Colonial forces, West Indies, French, West Indies -- History
Notes: "De Par Le Roy Il est ordonné au S. Beauregard de Telincourt Souslieutenant d'artillerie du Departement de Brest de passer en celuy de Rochefort..." signed "Louis" "Boüillé", Original digital object name: bei-m105, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Deed Of Settlement Of The West India Land Investment Company (ms. cover title)
Place of Origin: Birmingham
Date: 1839-09-06
Series Heading: M562. West India Land Investment Company, Birmingham.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: New business enterprises -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, Sharecropping -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, Farm tenancy -- West Indies, Real estate investment -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, Real estate investment -- South America -- History -- 19th century, Contracts for deeds -- West Indies, West Indies -- History
Notes: Deed Of Settlement Of The West India Land Investment Company (ms. cover title)"Dated the 6th day of September 1839 Deed of Settlement Of The West India Land Investment Company. Established March 11. 1839." (ms. title-page).Begins: "This Indenture... [of 6 Sept. 1839] Between The several Persons whose names and seals are hereunto... affixed, except Ioseph Sturge... and George William Alexander... of the first part and the said Ioseph Sturge and George William Alexander of the second part Whereas it hath been agreed that a Company should be formed... to purchase... Real Property in the West India Islands and also in any place or places in South America lying to the north of the Equator... to ameliorate the condition of the Black and Coloured Population... by the establishment therein of Villages and by inducing [them]... to purchase or take... small plots... and to cultivate... on their own account and by such other ways and means as to the Company shall seem meet..."Proprietors include William Brodie Gurney and Constantine Richard Moorsom.Directors are George William Alexander, William Brodie Gurney, George Stacey, Thomas Norton the younger, Constantine Richard Moorsom, Joseph Sturge, Thomas Bielby, John Sturge, Isaac Cooke, George Thomas, John Wylde.Solicitors are Daniel Taylor Rowlinson and William Morgan. No auditors."Sold by James Drake. Law Stationer. 52 New Street Birmingham..." engr. into initial on p. [1].45 proprietors' signatures netted a total of 75 shares at £500 each but paying only £2 up front.With, tucked in back: "1839. W. I. Land Investmt. Co. List of Proprietors, with number of shares held, date of signing Deed, and residences &c." (docket title). Ms. (on paper), 2 p. 40.8 cm. "Additions" column gives proprietors' occupations., Original digital object name: bei-m562, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Demerary. By His Excellency... Benjamin D'Urban...Lieutenant-Gov...
Place of Origin: George-town, Demerary
Date: 1826-05-03
Series Heading: M541. Demerary and Essequibo. Governor (D’Urban).
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: D'Urban, Benjamin, Sir, 1777-1849, Lieutenant governors -- Guyana -- Demerara -- Correspondence, Power of Attorney, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Demerary. By His Excellency... Benjamin D'Urban... Lieutenant-Governor... in and over the United Colony of Demerary and Essequibo, its Dependencies..."Certificate for W. J. Vandewater, with "annexed special Power of Attorney executed by Joseph Alexr. Lievwright of this Colony in favour of Joseph Lowe of St. Helens Place London." Signed "B D'Urban" with large seal of Demerary., Original digital object name: bei-m541, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Denombrement des blancs, mulatres, sauvages, et Negres qui se sont trouver dans L'Isle de Mariegalante. en Lannee 1685. partager en deux compagnies qui ont chacune leur quartier... Marie Galante, 2 March 1685. Ms. census chart. 1 sheet. 58 x 42 cm. folded in docket format.
Series Heading: MS239. Auger, Charles.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Marie-Galante (Guadeloupe) -- Census -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms239, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Depositions in a legal case - Curaçao 1774-1819
Series Heading: MS286. [Curaçao]
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: West Indies
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms286, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Des nombrement general de l'isle de la Martinque de l'anne 1694. July 8, 1694. 1 p. 34.8 x 45.3 cm.
Series Heading: MS219. Martinique.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Martinique -- Census, 1694, Population -- Statistics, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms219, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Diary of a voyage from Inverness, via London, to Demerara. October 14-December 15, 1843. 35 pp. 18 cm. Box 21
Author: Munro, William, 1799-1847
All Contributors: Munro, William, 1799-1847 (Author)
Series Heading: MS232. Munro, [?].
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Travelers -- Diaries -- History -- 19th century, Travelers -- Demerara, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms232, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Doctr J Jeffries Letter directs in Sale of his Land Nov. 28. 1791. (docket title)
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1791-11-28
Series Heading: M344. Jeffries, John, 1745-1819, M.D.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Letters of intent, Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Signed, Original digital object name: bei-m344, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Eckley, Joseph, fl. 1792-1797. "Dear Sir, Your last letter with the 466...
Series Heading: M378. Jeffries, D., fl. 1796.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Payment, Receipts (Acknowledgments) -- West Indies, Anglo-French War, 1793-1802 -- Influence, France -- History -- Revolution,1789-1799 -- Influence, Real property -- West Indies -- Valuation -- Early works to 1800, Financial risk -- West Indies, West Indies -- History
Notes: Eckley, Joseph, fl. 1792-1797."Dear Sir, Your last letter with the 466 dol 66 Cents &, c. came safe to hand... I think that if Peace should take place... the price of real Estate will fall..." signed "Joseph Eckley", Original digital object name: bei-m378b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Engraved portrait, 11.5 X 9.1 cm., glued to larger sheet of frayed paper...
Series Heading: M469. Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 -- Portraits, Abolitionists -- History -- 19th century, Lithography, West Indies -- History
Notes: Oil exhibited Royal Academy 1833, cf. #538 of Graves 5:289., Original digital object name: bei-m469g, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Estrait des Registres de La Chambre de Comptes, Paris, 26 May 1721
Addressee: Le Vassor de La Touche, François Samuel, 1637-1721
All Contributors: France. Ministère de la marine et des colonies (Author), Le Vassor de La Touche, François Samuel, 1637-1721 (Addressee)
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1721-05-26
Series Heading: M41. France. Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. Chambre des Comptes.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: West Indies, French, West Indies -- History
Notes: First line: Louis par la grace de Dieu Roy de..., Extrait des Registres de La Chambre de Comptes. Letters patent for Sieur François Le Vassor de la Touche and his heirs, in recognition of 45 years' service in the French West Indies., Original digital object name: bei-m041

Title: Exchange for 100 of Sterling St. Kitts July 22,1820 At thirty days light of this our Third of Exchange...pay to the Order of Captn Dougald McColl in London One hundred pounds Sterling Value received and charge...to the Account of the adventure per the Rose Hill...Geo. and Rob. Dennistown and Co. by their Attorney W. McMahon.
Series Heading: MS278. St. Kitts. Receipt.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Receipts (Acknowledgments) -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- Saint Kitts, West Indies -- History--
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms278, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Exeter, 21 Nov. 1788. ALS to Joshua Wentworth, "Sir...
Place of Origin: Exeter
Date: 1788-11-21
Series Heading: M327. Pearson, Joseph, fl. 1788.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Law reports, digests, etc. -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Judgments -- West Indies -- History -- 18th century, Merchants -- Records and correspondence -- West Indies
Notes: "Sir I have herwith transmitted a Copy of a vote of Court respecting the Honourable Board of War..." signed "Joseph Pearson", Original digital object name: bei-m327, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Extract out the record of the Sentence of the Island of St. Martins...
All Contributors: Graaff, Simon de, fl. 1758 (Contributor), Cuvelje (Cuveillé), Cornelius, fl. 1758 (Contributor), Cadet, John, fl. 1758 (Contributor), Oyen, Olivier, fl. 1758-1785 (Contributor), Prince of Orange (Ship : fl. 1758) (Contributor)
Place of Origin: Phillipsburg, St. Martins
Date: 1758-11-07
Series Heading: M135. St. Martin. Governor and Council.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Privateering -- Saint Martin -- Early works to 1800, Letters of marque, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Extract out the record of the Sentence of the Island of St. Martins. Simon De Graaff. Cornelius Cuveillé Jno Cadet and Olivier Oyen, Arrestand or Seisure Against the Owners of the English Privateer Called the Prince of Orange from Bermuda. ..."Signed "A:v: Heyningend Sectry:"Phillipps Ms. 17094., Original digital object name: bei-m135, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Extrait des Registres des Greffes de L'amiraute Generalle de france…
Author: Bottée, fl. 1744-1747
All Contributors: France. Amirauté (Author), Bottée, fl. 1744-1747 (Author), La Croix, César-Marie de, 1690-1747 (Contributor), La Violette, b. 1732 (Contributor)
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1745-12-23
Series Heading: M94. France. Admiralty
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Slaves -- West Indies, French -- History -- 18th century, Passports -- West Indies, French -- Early works to 1800, Slaveholders -- Martinique, Domestic relations -- Martinique -- History -- 18th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: Extrait des Registres des Greffes de L'amirauté Generalle de france au Siege de La Cable de l'Harbre du [?] a paris. Due Mecredy vingttrois decembre 1745. ...Signed "Bottee." Stamp for 10 deniers on verso, with ms. note "mon negre ma été prit le 9 octobre 1747 il de ma servis que 21 mois de 36 que lordonnance macorde," referring to La Violette., Original digital object name: bei-m094, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Extrait du Registre des Deliberations du Tribunal des Prises... [Paris]...
Place of Origin: Paris (France)
Date: 1796-10-19
Series Heading: M387. France. Tribunal des Prises.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Privateering -- France -- Early works to 1800, Prize law -- France -- Early works to 1800, Letters of Marque, Warships, Internment of, Ships -- United States, United States -- Foreign relations -- France, France -- Foreign relations -- United States, West Indies -- History
Notes: Extrait du Registre des Délibérations du Tribunal des Prises...American ship "Diana d'Alexandrie, Capne. henry nicoll pris et introduit au port de paix par le corsaire français le Tripeid, capne. Antoine Pellegrin...", Original digital object name: bei-m387, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Fruits flowers etc. of the West Indies 22 May 1824. Bound volume...
Date: 1824-05-22
Series Heading: M530.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Botany -- West Indies -- History -- 19th century, Flowers -- West Indies -- Pictorial works, Fruit -- West Indies -- Pictorial works, West Indies -- History
Notes: fruits flowers &c. of the West IndiesDecorative title in pencil; 104 drawings of flowers and fruits, of which 97 are in color. Each drawing is neatly captioned at the bottom with English or common name, many having place of origin as well., Original digital object name: bei-m530, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Government House Barbados June 28 1824
Place of Origin: Government House Barbados
Date: 1824-06-28
Series Heading: M532. Warde, Sir Henry, 1766-1834.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Warde, Henry, Sir, 1766-1834, Governors -- Barbados -- Correspondence, Employment references, Officer personnel, Respect for persons, Discontent, Barbados -- Politics and government -- 19th century, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Confidential" "Many Thanks my dear Clinton for your last Letters... Lt Colonel Mores being a Nephew of our... late General, is a sufficient Recommendation to any British Officer... [he] is of the new school and approves of nothing which is not French... We had... Conversation on the new Tacticks of Torrens alias Clinton... Pray ask your Brother what he thinks of a Plan of mine... which I understand Sir A. Campbell took up... The gentlemen of my Council and some of the Grandees continue to behave in the same indecorous way toward me... I have only to hope they may take Wit in their anger..." signed "Henry Warde."Warde was governor of Barbados 1821-1827., Original digital object name: bei-m532, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Govr. Johnstone to Mr Dundas, dated Bristol 4 April 1787, relative to the Island of Trinadada, and some other Islands. On the utility of Trinidada to our E. I. Commerce recommends recommends making a settlement on some Islands 78 Leagues to the Eastward of Brazils Lat: 4 North or 4S. which may be cultivated by Blacks. (docket title)
Place of Origin: Bristol (England)
Date: 1787-08-04
Series Heading: M314. Johnstone, George, 1730-1787.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Harbors -- Access -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Slave ships, Human settlements -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Schoring and underpinning, Slave trade -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: "My dear Sir It is a belief of mine and I have found it to be Vindicated by experience that in some Place arround every Island or Cluster of Rocks which God has placed or thrown up in the ocean there is good Landing and even good shoring... Geo: Johnstone.", Original digital object name: bei-m314, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Grenada, 16 Jan. 1808. Ms. Letter to Ernouf, signed..
Place of Origin: Grenada
Date: 1808-01-16
Series Heading: M451. Maitland, Frederick, 1763-1848.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Flags of truce, Ex-prisoners of war -- Grenada -- History -- 19th century, Slaves -- Grenada, West Indies -- History
Notes: Signed, "Sir I have received the Honor of Your Excellency's Letter by the Flag of Truce..." signed "Fred Maitland."Regarding release of two Negroes to M. Adolphe Lacoudrai, with, on the same sheet, ms. French translation., Original digital object name: bei-m451a, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Grenada, 7 March 1808. ALS to Erouf
Place of Origin: Grenada
Date: 1808-03-07
Series Heading: M451. Maitland, Frederick, 1763-1848.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Elizabeth (Schooner), Letters of marque -- Grenada, Prisoners of war -- Grenada -- History -- 19th century, Slavery -- Grenada, Slave insurrections -- Grenada, Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Influence, France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Sir I had the Honor to receive Your Excellency's Letter dated the second of this Month, by the Schooner Elisabeth... I am very much concerned that you should be at the Trouble to send a Vessel here to receive Prisoners of War, when it is not in my Power to authorize that they should be sent...", Original digital object name: bei-m451b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Hansford, Jenkins, fl. 1755. North Carolina, 10 March 1755…
Author: Hansford, Jenkins, fl. 1755
Addressee: Wentworth, Hugh Hall, ca. 1740-1774
All Contributors: Hansford, Jenkins, fl. 1755 (Author), Wentworth, Hugh Hall, ca. 1740-1774 (Addressee)
Place of Origin: North Carolina
Date: 1755-03-10
Series Heading: M117. Martin, Thomas, fl. 1755.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History, Bills of lading
Notes: Signed, Hansford, Jenkins, fl. 1755.Deals in pitch, tar, and turpentine, lists "Prices Commoditys here.", Original digital object name: bei-m117b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Highwood Hill, Middlesex, 3 Jan. 1828. ALS to "The Revd Chas...
Place of Origin: Highwood Hill, Middlesex
Date: 1828-01-3
Series Heading: M469. Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Complaint letters, Miscommunication, West Indies -- History
Notes: "My dear Friend I ought not I conceive to leave it to you <, according to the Old Adage>, to infer from my Silence that I consent to your proposal..." signed "W Wilberforce", Original digital object name: bei-m469e, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Import statement of the Brig. Betsy Christopher. 1 pp. 24 cm. July 10, 1794.
Series Heading: MS225. Hollingsworth, John.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Imports, Freight and freightage, Bills of lading, Betsy Christopher (Brig), West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms225, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Isc. Rindge Esqr and others Commissrs. in dividing the Estate of the heirs to David and Sarah Jeffries decd -- bill of charges for their services... (docket title)
Date: 1796-02-23
Series Heading: M373. Rindge, Isaac, fl. 1796.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Attorneys -- Fees, Estate settlement costs, Decedents' estates -- Early works to 1800, Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- History -- Sources, Acquisition of property -- West Indies -- History -- Sources, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m373, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: J., C., fl. 1783. Boston, 6 Sept. 1783 Ms. letter to Joshua Wentworth...
Place of Origin: Boston (Mass.)
Date: 1783-09-06
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, Shipping -- Rates -- New England, West Indies -- History
Notes: Signed, J_____ , C_____ , fl. 1783."Sir I have got a Brigantine here Consign'd to me which will load back... with Oak Timbers..." signed "Csntan[?]", asks pricing from Portsmouth and Boston., Original digital object name: bei-m296b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Jamaica, 8 Feb. 1800. Ms. Affidavit for William Ramsay
Place of Origin: Jamaica
Date: 1800-02-08
Series Heading: M408. Lindsay, Alexander, 6th earl Balcarres, 1752-1825.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Affidavits -- Jamaica -- Early works to 1800, Admiralty -- Jamaica, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m408, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Januy 1 1783 List Negroes (docket title).
Place of Origin: Jamaica
Date: 1783-01-01
Series Heading: M290.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Duckenfield Hall Plantation (Jamaica), Slave records -- Jamaica, Slaves -- Valuation -- Jamaica, West Indies -- History
Notes: "A List of Negroes upon Duckenfield Hall Plantation as taken this first day of Ianuary 1783 -- ..."Duckenfield Hall Plantation in St. Thomas Parish is at the easternmost tip of Jamaica, see B. W. Higman, Jamaica Surveyed, pp. 256-257.Lists 357 names., Original digital object name: bei-m290, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: John Bassett, His Book 1759 Ledger... (ms. Title-page)... 17 May 1759...
Author: Bassett, John, fl. 1752-1764
All Contributors: Bassett, John, fl. 1752-1764 (Author)
Date: 1759-05-17
Series Heading: M138. Bassett, John, fl. 1752-1764, supercargo.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: West Indies -- History, Account books -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Henry (Sloop), Ship's papers -- 18th century, Lottery tickets -- Netherlands
Notes: John Bassett, His Book 1759 Ledger... (ms. title-page)"Book A" inside front cover.Headings include: "Monto Cristi", "Voyage to the Westindies in Sloop Henry", "Dutch Prize Money", "Lottery Ticketts.", Original digital object name: bei-m138, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Journal. Steamer Tagus to Gibraltar & Troop ship Apollo to Jamaica from Oct. 31, 1839-April 26, 1840. 11.5 x 9.5 cm. Brown leather cover with metal closure. Box 21
Series Heading: MS231.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Travelers -- Diaries -- History -- 19th century, Steamboats -- Gibralter, Transports -- Jamaica, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms231, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Kingston, Jamaica, 20 April 1798. ALS to Milligan and Mitchell, London...
Place of Origin: Kingston (Jamaica)
Date: 1798-04-20
Series Heading: M398. Delpratt, Samuel.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Merchants -- Correspondence -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- London -- Early works to 1800, Merchants -- Jamaica -- Early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-m398, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: L Macleane, I. Stuart, Sir T. C. Bunbury. C. Upton and Geo. Ridge to Peter Simond and John Hankey } Power of Attorney. (docket title)
Date: 1769-08-18
Series Heading: M196. Macleane, Lauchlin, fl. 1769.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Executors and administrators -- Grenada -- Early works to 1800, Power of Attorney -- Grenada -- Early works to 1800, Attorney and client -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Plantations -- early works to 1800, West Indies -- History
Notes: Lauchlin Macleane, John Stuart, Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, Clotworthy Upton, and George Ridge, who own shares in Latante, Saint Cloud (Saint Cloux), Le Grand Bras, Chantilly, Saint Maur, and two other plantations in Grenada, and Balamonly and 11 other plantations in Dominica, appoint as their attorneys Peter Simond and John Hankey of London, merchants and partners.Signed "L. Macleane" "L. Macleane for Self and John Stuart" "Geo. Ridge/.", Original digital object name: bei-m196, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Later governor. Letter to General Barrington 12 April 1759. WITH: 1. 8 line pay voucher. 2. "A return of the men's names of the 64th Regt". 3. "Return of the men of the 63d Regimt."
Series Heading: MS275. Guadeloupe. Melvill, Robert, Army officer.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Military compensation, Payrolls -- Guadeloupe, Veterans -- Guadeloupe, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms275, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Lease agreement with Andrew Hamilton. 2 pp. 33 cm. London. November 22, 1788.
Series Heading: MS224. Heylyn, John.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Leases, West Indies -- History
Notes: Original digital object name: bei-ms224, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Leigh, Joseph, fl. 1797? J. Leigh's Return of Cloathing issues [1797?]...
Date: 1797
Series Heading: M390. Jeffries, John, 1745-1819, M.D.
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Ship captains -- Correspondence -- West Indies -- Early works to 1800, Returning goods, Clothing, West Indies -- History
Notes: Signed, Leigh, Joseph, fl. 1797?J. Leigh's Return of Cloathing issued, Original digital object name: bei-m390b, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

Title: Leogane, 14 Sept. 1735
Author: Dubois Duclos, Jean-Baptiste, d. 1737
Addressee: Curzay, Catherine-Thérèse-Élisabeth Améline-Blondot, Marquise de, (1690-1753)
All Contributors: Dubois Duclos, Jean-Baptiste, d. 1737 (Author), Curzay, Catherine-Thérèse-Élisabeth Améline-Blondot, Marquise de, (1690-1753) (Addressee)
Place of Origin: Léogâne (Haiti)
Date: 1735-09-14
Series Heading: M65. Santo Domingo. Intendant
Geography: West Indies, Unspecified
Subject: Creditors' bills -- West Indies, French, Debtor and creditor -- West Indies, French, West Indies -- History
Notes: "Je soussigné comme chargé de pouvoir de Monsieur Du Clos Intendant de cette Coste, Dit et déclare pour et en son nom, au Sr. Tolvy du Vernon au nom et comme Procureur constitué de Madame de Curzay me desister a pur et a plein de l'apel par moy, en Vertu du d. pouvoir, interjetté au Conseil superieur du Petit Goave..." signed "Du Clos." Du Clos desists in seeking payment from Mme. de Curzé., Original digital object name: bei-m065c, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.

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