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This collection contains correspondence relating to Lyttelton’s career as governor of South Carolina, including letters from officials in London; correspondence with other southern governors relating to Indian affairs, frontier defense, and boundaries; correspondence with military officers in America; and communications with the South Carolina Commons House and Council. A series of reports by Edmond Atkin, superintendent of Indian affairs in the Southern District, provides valuable information on the Cherokees, Creeks, and Chickasaws. There are 142 items, 1761-1766, concerning Lyttelton’s governorship of Jamaica, including material on the black insurrection of 1765 in St. Mary’s Parish.

A good rule of thumb is…. Don’t trust anything you find on the ‘net (or elsewhere) if it doesn’t have sources.

In the early 1800’s port cities in the USA bore the burden of immigration. By the time they arrived, so many immigrants were tired, hungry and poor they ended up in the City Almshouse. Some of the information taken by Almshouse clerks was the place of birth of each person, the name of the ship they arrived on and where the ship sailed from.

Spring must be just around the corner…. and with that in mind, I dusted off a few of the links I have to wonderful online books to share with you.
Perhaps you’ll find an ancestor, but if not, at least you can enjoy the read!
Twenty-seven years in Canada West, or, The experience of an early […]

Between 1788 and 1900 over 1,000,000 people immigrated to Australia. Most of them were from the British Isles, but some were from Europe and Asia.