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1 microfilm reel. |
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R96661. |
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Collection of 312 abstracts of wills of English colonists or landowners in Jamaica during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, abstracted by Veronica I.C. Smith. |
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A collection which spans the rise and maturation of the Jamaica sugar industry and constitutes a prime source for the social historian. Most testators featured were big planters or merchants. British Library Add. Ms. 34184. Includes an introduction by Professor Richard S. Dunn, University of Pennsylvania. |
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