Chronological History of the West Indies, 3권Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 |
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... garrisons without any officers , others left the island . The town was set on fire , about two o'clock in the morning . Wooden houses and a high wind spread the conflagration in every direction . Some few magazines which stood to ...
... garrisons without any officers , others left the island . The town was set on fire , about two o'clock in the morning . Wooden houses and a high wind spread the conflagration in every direction . Some few magazines which stood to ...
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... garrison massacred . All the white inhabitants of Ouanaminte shared the same fate , and in the morning the place was set on fire . At the same time all the sugar - works in the parish , and in Maribarou , canes , mills , and buildings ...
... garrison massacred . All the white inhabitants of Ouanaminte shared the same fate , and in the morning the place was set on fire . At the same time all the sugar - works in the parish , and in Maribarou , canes , mills , and buildings ...
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... garrison duty . A boat's crew of the Solebay frigate were sent on board the Experi- ment to assist in working her into the harbour ; they caught the infection , and all died . They had communicated the disease to the crew of their own ...
... garrison duty . A boat's crew of the Solebay frigate were sent on board the Experi- ment to assist in working her into the harbour ; they caught the infection , and all died . They had communicated the disease to the crew of their own ...
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... garrison the honours of war , and a passage to Europe ; and to Rochambeau a passage to Rhode Island in America . They marched out between a file of the troops and seamen , which lined the way from the fort to the parade at Fort Royal ...
... garrison the honours of war , and a passage to Europe ; and to Rochambeau a passage to Rhode Island in America . They marched out between a file of the troops and seamen , which lined the way from the fort to the parade at Fort Royal ...
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... garrison the Vigie , and marched for Mount Young , with such rapidity , that some men died from fatigue ; but no other loss was suffered in taking it . Upon Mount Young the English entrenched themselves , and sent some troops , under ...
... garrison the Vigie , and marched for Mount Young , with such rapidity , that some men died from fatigue ; but no other loss was suffered in taking it . Upon Mount Young the English entrenched themselves , and sent some troops , under ...
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Admiral anchored Annual Register arms army arrived assembly attack Barbadoes Batavian republic battery boats brig Britannic Majesty British Cape François capitulation Captain captured carried Cochrane Coke's West Indies Colonel colony colour command commissioners Commodore conduct crew Curaçoa defended Dessalines dispatch Domingo Dominica Edinburgh Annual enemy enemy's English fire flag force France French frigate garrison governor Grenada Guadaloupe guns harbour Hayti honour Indian Slavery inhabitants island Jamaica killed and wounded King land letter Lieutenant Lord lordships Majesty's ship Majesty's sloop Major-General March marines Martinico master Methodists morning Mulattoes Naval Chronicle Negroes night o'clock officers persons plantations Port Port Royal Port-au-Prince possession pounders present prisoners privateer Rear-Admiral received regiment Royal sail schooner seamen sent shore slave trade Spaniards Spanish squadron sugar Surinam surrender taken tion Tortola Toussaint town Trinidad troops vessels
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566 페이지 - Art. 10. Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcileable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both his Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed, that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavours to accomplish so desirable an object.
262 페이지 - stated to you, for the information of my lords commissioners of the admiralty, that General Rochambeau had made proposals for capitulating, which, though inadmissible, I thought soon must lead to others more reasonable. The event has justified my opinion; but I am sorry to say, that officer, whose actions are too extraordinary to account for, had on the 19th
230 페이지 - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, that, on my arrival at Barbadoes on the 17th, late in the evening, having consulted Lieutenant-General Grinfield, with respect to the intended cooperations of the army and navy, I instantly took measures to prevent further supplies being thrown into St. Lucia, (the ships
609 페이지 - 11. The treaty of Paris of the 30th of May, 1814, and the final act of the congress of Vienna of the 9th of June, 1815, are confirmed, and shall be maintained in all such of their enactments which shall not have been modified by the articles of the present treaty.
532 페이지 - The present additional articles shall form an integral part of the treaty of friendship and alliance signed on the 5th day of July, and shall have the same force and validity as if they were inserted word for word, and shall be ratified within forty days, or sooner if possible.
368 페이지 - I am much gratified in transmitting you, for the information of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, the copy of a letter I have just received from Captain Brisbane of the Arethusa, acquainting me of the capture of His Catholic Majesty's frigate Pomona; the destruction of twelve gun-boats, and the explosion of a castle,
522 페이지 - purpose they have named their respective plenipotentiaries; that is to say, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Britannic Majesty, Henry Earl
388 페이지 - in the workhouse, for a space not exceeding six months, or by whipping, not exceeding thirty-nine stripes, or both, as shall be in those cases respectively adjudged. " And be it further enacted and ordained by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the said first day of July
234 페이지 - the earliest information should be sent of the surrender of this colony, and that of Essequibo, to his Majesty's forces, I beg leave to acquaint you, for the information of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, the capitulation was signed on board the Heureux, yesterday morning. In the evening, the Hornet and Netley entered the river, and
524 페이지 - Art. 8. His Britannic Majesty, stipulating for himself and his allies, engages to restore to His most Christian Majesty, within periods afterwards to be fixed, the colonies, fisheries, factories, and establishments of every kind which France possessed on the 1st of January, 1792, in the seas or on the continents of America, Africa,