West Indies (archipelago)
Found in 1045 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Colquhoun from B. J. Balfour, Colonial Office, on customs fees, 1832-04-05
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from B. J. Balfour, Colonial Office, on customs fees, 1832-04-16
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from E. J. Lack on customs fees, 10 September 1832, 1832-09-10
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from John Huggins, Nevis, 14 October 1820, enclosing draft of £218.8.0, 1820-10-14
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from John Huggins, Nevis, 14 October 1820, enclosing draft of £218.8.0, 1820-10-14
This is a duplicate of RCMS 263/8.
Letter to James Colquhoun from Lord Howick, Colonial Office, thanking him for a copy of his father’s book, 19 March 1832, 1832-03-19
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from Lord Howick on colonial administration, 1832-11-08
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from Lord Howick on customs fees, 9 August 1832, 1832-08-09
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from Lord Howick on fugitive enslaved persons, 1832-11-16
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from Lord Howick on slavery and colonial administration, 1832-05-29
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from Magnus Morton, Speaker of the Nevis Assembly, 29 April 1820, with enclosures on the leave of Governor Maxwell, 1820-04-29
Enclosures numbered RCMS 263/3a-c.
Letter to James Colquhoun from Messrs Daniell and Blon of Nevis, 26 May 1820, with enclosed testimony, seeking aid with commercial problems, 1820-05-26
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from the Treasury on customs fees, 1832-06-16
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from the Treasury on customs fees, 1832-07-05
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from the Treasury on customs fees, 1832-07-30
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from the Treasury on customs fees, 1832-08-10
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to James Colquhoun from the Treasury on customs fees, 1832-08-13
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
Letter to Patrick and James Colquhoun from John Small, Colonial Secretary of Nevis, 5 May 1820, with enclosures on the death of George III and the accession of William IV, 1820-05-05
Enclosures are numbered RCMS 263/4a-c.
Letters, 1913-01-17 - 1913-12-20
Letters, 1914-01-03 - 1914-04-25
Prominent subjects include official visits, the constitutional status of Dominica and the meeting of the Legislative Council (15 sheets).
Letters, 1915-09-03 - 1915-12-26
Priminent subjects include the raising of troops to fight in the First World War, brief accounts of islands visited, and the settling of Bell's private affairs after accepting the appointment as Governor of Mauritius (8 sheets).
Letters, 1918-01-18 - 1918-01-30
These letters document Bell’s service as Governor of Mauritius and include the following subjects: the course of the First World War, the need to encourage patriotism among the Mauritians, the social life of the colony, and the management of the Dominican plantations (11 sheets).
Lewis B. Clemens, 1912
75 x 100 mm. Showing Clemens dressed in a white suit and pith helmet, standing with arms folded in front of a palm tree.
Lieut Lee Lum, OC [Officer Commanding] Light A.A. Battery, Trinidad 1940, 1940
71 x 110 mm. Full length uniformed portrait of Lieutenant Lee Lum. Photographer unknown.
Life in Trinidad
Collection of colour 35 mm transparencies given by the High Commission for Trinidad in August 1982. When planning the exhibition 'Commonwealth in Focus' the library requested material from Commonwealth Governments and these slides were sent in response. A continuous slide show was prepared to portray contemporary aspects of the countries of the Commonwealth and nine of these slides were copied for inclusion. The image descriptions are copied from the list supplied with the slides.