Proceedings of the governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in regard to the Maroon negroes

published by order of the Assembly. To which is prefixed, An introductory account, containing, observations on the disposition, character, manners, and habits of life, of the Maroons, and a detail of the origin, progress, and termination of the late war between those people and the white inhabitants

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Proceedings of the governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in regard to the Maroon negroes

published by order of the Assembly. To which is prefixed, An introductory account, containing, observations on the disposition, character, manners, and habits of life, of the Maroons, and a detail of the origin, progress, and termination of the late war between those people and the white inhabitants

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"Advertisement", p. [iii]-iv, 1st count, signed and dated: B. Edwards. London, 7th November 1796.

"Introduction", p. [i]-lxxxix, 2nd count, written by Bryan Edwards; p. [i]-xxii excerpted from Edward Long's History of Jamaica, first printed London, 1774.

"The proceedings of the governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in regard to the Maroon negroes: published by order of the Assembly", p. [2-3] and p. [1]-109, 3rd and 4th counts, has special dated title page with imprint: London: Re-printed for J. Stockdale, Picadilly, November 1796.

The Proceedings were taken from the edition printed in Spanish Town, Jamaica by Alexander Aikman in 1796 (Sabin, 21908), and contain the correspondence between Alexander Lindsay, Earl of Balcarres and George Walpole.

Signatures: pi² a-e⁸ f⁶ (f5, f6 versos blank) B-H⁸

Errata: p. [1], 3rd count.

Bookseller's advertisement: p. [1-3], 5th count.

Sabin 21893.

Cundall, F. Jamaica, 76.

Ragatz, L.J. Brit. Caribbean hist., p. 144.

Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, III:3799.

English short title catalogue T72528.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: p. [2-3], 5th count, of bookseller's advertisements, wanting.

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iv, lxxxix, [3], 109, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates
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