Jamaica
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Arcedeckne of Glevering papers, 1744-1848
Bourbon & Mauritius / Timor / Jamaica / West Indies [distribution of fauna], 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Commonplace book
Copy of a letter to Captain B. Clement concerning a chronometer for HMS Shannon and others for conveyance to Vice Admiral Fleeming in Jamaica, 1828-12
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Copy of a letter to John Croker listing chronometers issued to HMS Shannon under Captain B. Clement and to Vice Admiral Fleeming in Jamaica, 1828-12-09
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
David Binnie: World tour diaries and photographs
Depositions in case Gregory v. Arcedeckne about water course in Jamaica called Plantation Garden River, 1772-1773
Latitudes and longitudes from a voyage of HMS Mary Ann to Jamaica in 1822, 1822-03-06
Certified as correct by Master James Ferrier.
Letter and description of an instrument by James Shaw to George Gilpin, 1815-05-18
Concerning his method of determining the latitude and longitude at one observation, his improvements to quadrants and sextants, and his invention of an instrument for taking altitudes without a horizon.
Letter concerning a chronometer for HMS Magnificent under Captain John Mundell, 1825-11-08
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning a replacement chronometer for HMS Barham, 1828-09-23
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning a replacement chronometer for HMS Druid under Captain Samuel Chambers, 1827-10-16
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning a replacement chronometer for HMS Kangaroo under Captain de Mayne, 1825-02-01
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning the delivery of a chronometer to HMS Mersey for conveyance to HMS Druid under Captain Samuel Chambers, 1828-02-21
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning the provision of chronometers for His Majesty's Schooners at the West India station, 1828-11-29
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter concerning the transport of chronometers to Mr De Mayne of HMS Kangaroo, Jamaica, 1822-02-23
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.
Letter from Chaloner Arcedeckne to William Perrin, 5 September 1774
The letter concerns the use of wharves in Jamaica.
Letter from (Jeanie) Lucinda Musgrave to Sir George Howard Darwin; written at Jamaica, 1882-11-21
Letter from (Jeanie) Lucinda Musgrave to Sir George Howard Darwin; written at Jamaica
(Letter)
Letter from Malcolm Laing to William Philip Perrin regarding the sale of enslaved people at Hallhead plantation, Jamaica, 21 July 1780
Comprises letter from Laing in Jamaica to Perrin in London, with detail of 19 enslaved people to be sold from Hallhead Plantation, adjoining Blue Mountain [owned by Perrin] in the parish of St Thomas in the East, Jamaica. The enclosed note lists the names of individual enslaved people with a valuation ascribed to each.
Letter from officers and passengers of HMS York, 1813-06-14
Testifying that a method for ascertaining longitude was invented and tested by William Titford on a voyage of HMS York from England to Jamaica, between 22 April and 14 June 1813.
Letter from [unidentified] [illeg]acker E to [Sir George Howard Darwin?]; written at Jamaica, 1886-11-23
Letter from [unidentified] [illeg]acker E to [Sir George Howard Darwin?]; written at Jamaica
(Letter)
Letter requesting the provision of two chronometers to Captain Theed of HMS Scout for delivery to HMS Kangaroo, under William De Mayne, in Jamaica, 1822-02-16
Sent from John Barrow to John Pond.