West Indies Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 012

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Correspondence, receipts, warrants, accounts. Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies, together with financial accounts and pay warrants, during the latter part of the 18th and the early half of the 19th centuries. Most are in English, including those from foreign colonies dating from periods of British occupation. Among the signatories are the Earl of Balcarres, John Dalling, and Sir John Vaughan. It is not known if the collection duplicates material in the Public Records Office, London.

Arranged alphabetically by country: Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands (general), Martinique, St. Christopher's, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Vincent's, Surinam-Dutch Guiana, Tobago, Trinidad, West Indies (general), and the Windward Islands.

Dates

Creation: 1771-1829

Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

0.4 Linear feet (1 Box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence of the various colonial governors of the British West Indies together with financial accounts and pay warrants.

Physical Location

University of Florida Smathers Library Building

Alternate Form of Material

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