Research Catalog

Title

Lady Nugent's journal : Jamaica one hundred years ago / reprinted from a journal kept by Maria, Lady Nugent, from 1801 to 1815, issued for private circulation in 1839 ; edited by Frank Cundall ; with illustrations and maps.

Author

Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834

Publication

London : Published for the Institute of Jamaica by Adam & Charles Black, Soho Square, 1907.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cundall, Frank, 1858-1937
• Institute of Jamaica.
• Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publisher.
• William Brendon and Son, printer.

Description

lvi, 404 pages : illustrations, map, portraits; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

Jamaica one hundred years ago

Subject

• Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834 > Diaries
• Jamaica > Social conditions
• Slavery > Jamaica
• Jamaica > Description and travel
• Jamaica > Social life and customs

Note

• "Plymouth. William Brendon & Son, Ltd. Printers."--printer statement, verso of title page.
• Includes index.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Preface -- Chronology of the principal events in the lives of Sir George and Lady Nugent, with special reference to Jamaica -- Introduction. The West Indies, 1801-05 -- The affairs of Haiti, 1791-1806 -- Civil administration of Jamaica, 1801-5 -- Military administration of Jamaica, 1801-5 -- External trade of Jamaica, 1801-5 -- Slavery -- Parentage and life of Sir George Nugent -- Parentage and life of Lady Nugent -- ch. 1. April-December 31, 1801 -- ch. 2. January 1-December 31, 1802 -- ch. 3. January 1-December 31, 1803 -- ch. 4. January 1, 1804-July 5, 1805 -- ch. 5. September 3, 1805-June 18, 1815 -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 917.292-N (Nugent, M. Lady Nugent's journal)

LCCN

w 07000122

OCLC

25359715

Author

Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834, author.

Title

Lady Nugent's journal : Jamaica one hundred years ago / reprinted from a journal kept by Maria, Lady Nugent, from 1801 to 1815, issued for private circulation in 1839 ; edited by Frank Cundall ; with illustrations and maps.

Publisher

London : Published for the Institute of Jamaica by Adam & Charles Black, Soho Square, 1907.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 917.292-N (accession no. B499054) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust (University of California copy)

Added Author

Cundall, Frank, 1858-1937, editor.

Institute of Jamaica.

Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publisher.

William Brendon and Son, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 917.292-N (Nugent, M. Lady Nugent's journal)

HRC (Nugent, M. S. Lady Nugent's journal)