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Title: The history of the island of Antigua, one of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the first settlement in 1635 to the present time
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Oliver, Vere Langford
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Publisher: London, Mitchell and Hughes
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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sh) to raise the necessaryvolunteers. Could have had 500 able men provided witharms and victuals had not Capt. Hen. Ilawley, the Governor,opposed him, whose conduct Warner stigmatizes as obstinate& rebellious, & contrasts it with that of the Governors of the other islands, where he found a willing reception anddue respect.1636. Petition of Capt. Anth. Brisket, Gov. of Montserrat, to the King.Was made Gov. by Jas., Earl of Carlisle, & has verylately obtained another commission from the now Earl.Has come to England to carry more planters & necessariesthither, where he is erecting a church of stone & brick.Prays for letters to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, to be ad-mitted a contractor for tobacco at the same rate as Capt.Warner & others. ( Colonial Calendar, p. 240.) The sale of negros and Indians for life wasauthorized in 1636; hitherto all the slaves on theplantations had consisted solely of Indians, and thesewere rapidly dying out. ,V:^:^^/^• Sht-rUy /fcig.Ai^r
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SETTLEMENT OE ANTIGUA. XIX 1686. Henry, Earl of Marlborough presented hispetition to the King, & stated that in consideration of hisfather, then Lord High Treasurer, who had taken extra-ordinary care for planting the Caribbees, releasing unto thelate Earl of Carlisle his interest in a grant of those islands,a rent charge of £300 per annum, to be issuing out ofS Christophers, Nevis, and Montserrat, was conveyed tothe petitioners father, himself, and afterwards renewed topetitioners son. Although a great revenue has beenreceived from thence, the annuity is more than eightyears in arrears, and he is informed that he cannotrecover, because those islands are not within the jurisdictionof any of the Kings Courts. Prays that the matter maybe referred to the Privy Council, and that all partiesinterested may be ordered to attend for his satisfaction.( Colonial Calendar.) The omission of Antigua from the above petitionleads one to suppose that it had been settled muchlater than the three o

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