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William Beckford
A descriptive account of a part of the island of Jamaica: with remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view; also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves. By William Beckford, Esq. author of Remarks on the situation of Negroes in Jamaica. In two volumes.
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London: London : printed for T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall, M,DCC,XC. [1790], 1790.
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| Borrower Name | Volume | Date Out | Date In | Fine | Transcribed Title |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Anderson | Volume 2 | 6/18/1803 | 7/12/1803 | Buckfords Jamaica | |||
| Peter Anderson | Volume 1 | 6/18/1803 | 7/12/1803 | Buckfords Jamaica | |||
| DeWitt Clinton | Volume 2 | 7/13/1803 | 7/20/1803 | Beckford's Jamaica | |||
| DeWitt Clinton | Volume 1 | 7/13/1803 | 7/20/1803 | Beckford's Jamaica |
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