MS 681 07
Reference code
MS 681 07
Title
Moulton-Barrett archive: Printed material about Jamaica from Edward R. Moulton-Barrett's library
Level
File
Date
[19th century]
Extent & medium
24 volumes
Content description
A selection of printed material about Jamaica from Edward R. Moulton-Barrett's library. Shelfmarks are given in brackets:
'The new Jamaica almanac, and register, for the year of our Lord 1810' (Kn.1.01) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1820' (Kn.1.02) ; 'The West Indies as they are, or, A real picture of slavery' by Richard Bickell, 1825 (Kn.1.03) ; 'Conversations on botany', 1825 (Kn.1.04) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1826' (Kn.1.05) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1832' (Kn.1.06) ; 'Journal of a West India proprietor' by Matthew Gregory Lewis, 1834 (Kn.1.07) ; 18 bound issues of 'Bravo's Kingston journal', 1840 (Kn.1.08) ; The Jamaica almanack for the year 1840' compiled by Robert Aird Sherlock (Kn.1.09) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1841' compiled by Robert Aird Sherlock (Kn.1.10) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1842' compiled by William Cathcart (Kn.1.11) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1845' compiled by William Cathcart (Kn.1.12) ; 'Six essays on the best mode of establishing and conducting industrial schools' by Evelyn Lyndon Howard et al., 1845 (Kn.1.13) ; 'Twenty-nine years in the West Indies and Central Africa' by Hope Masterton Waddell, 1863 (Kn.1.14) ; two copies of 'In old St. James' compiled by Joseph Shore, 1911 (Kn.1.16 and Kn.1.17) ; 'Monumental inscriptions of Jamaica' compiled by Philip Wright, 1966 (Kn.1.18).
Also included are seven half maroon grained leather volumes containing parliamentary papers, primarily relating to Jamaica and the West Indies (Kn.1.19-Kn.1.25). They include 'Papers relative to slave emancipation in Jamaica. Laid before parliament and printed by order of The Honourable House of Assembly', 1836, and other papers regarding the abolition of slavery. The papers range in date from 1833 to 1840. It should be noted that not every sequence of these papers is complete.
'The new Jamaica almanac, and register, for the year of our Lord 1810' (Kn.1.01) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1820' (Kn.1.02) ; 'The West Indies as they are, or, A real picture of slavery' by Richard Bickell, 1825 (Kn.1.03) ; 'Conversations on botany', 1825 (Kn.1.04) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1826' (Kn.1.05) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1832' (Kn.1.06) ; 'Journal of a West India proprietor' by Matthew Gregory Lewis, 1834 (Kn.1.07) ; 18 bound issues of 'Bravo's Kingston journal', 1840 (Kn.1.08) ; The Jamaica almanack for the year 1840' compiled by Robert Aird Sherlock (Kn.1.09) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1841' compiled by Robert Aird Sherlock (Kn.1.10) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1842' compiled by William Cathcart (Kn.1.11) ; 'The Jamaica almanack for the year 1845' compiled by William Cathcart (Kn.1.12) ; 'Six essays on the best mode of establishing and conducting industrial schools' by Evelyn Lyndon Howard et al., 1845 (Kn.1.13) ; 'Twenty-nine years in the West Indies and Central Africa' by Hope Masterton Waddell, 1863 (Kn.1.14) ; two copies of 'In old St. James' compiled by Joseph Shore, 1911 (Kn.1.16 and Kn.1.17) ; 'Monumental inscriptions of Jamaica' compiled by Philip Wright, 1966 (Kn.1.18).
Also included are seven half maroon grained leather volumes containing parliamentary papers, primarily relating to Jamaica and the West Indies (Kn.1.19-Kn.1.25). They include 'Papers relative to slave emancipation in Jamaica. Laid before parliament and printed by order of The Honourable House of Assembly', 1836, and other papers regarding the abolition of slavery. The papers range in date from 1833 to 1840. It should be noted that not every sequence of these papers is complete.
Provenance
Part of Edward R. Moulton-Barrett's library.
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