Reminiscences of a 46 Years' Residence in the Island of St. Thomas, in the West Indies |
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12 dollars 24 dollars 9 dollars ad interim adults and 9 Altona American amongst baptized Barbadoes Bremen brig British Islands brought buildings built burnt butter Captain cargo cents certainly chil children died christened coloured persons commanded commenced convoy cotton Counsellor Croix Danish flag deal dren died English vessels estates Europe fell fire-proof Flensburgh French Governor Guadeloupe Hamburg Hamburgh harbour Hebrew congregations hurricane immediately inhabitants interim Jamaica King's wharf laden large house largest number latter end linen lost lying men-of-war merchants month morning negroes Neuherrnhut Niesky night number of vessels o'clock obliged owner packet paid pork Porto Rico coffee Porto Rico tobacco privateers provisions puncheon rain received returned sailed sailors Savanna Scholten schooners sent ship slaves sloops soldiers soon sorts Spaniards Spanish dollars Spanish main spermaceti stivers streets sugar Surinam Thomas Tortola town trade and navigation vessels arrived voyage wine yellow fever