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- Creator
- Leyborne, William L
- Call number
- MssCol 1749
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- William L. Leyborne and William Young proclamations, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.
William L. Leyborne was the Captain General and Governor in Chief of the islands of Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, and Tobago. He was succeeded by William Young. This collections contains proclamations issued by Leyborne (1771-1775) and Young (1775-1776) relating to appointments, commissions, warrants for court martial, and the treatment of Negro slaves
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Subjects
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- West Indies, British -- 18th century
- Governors -- Grenadines (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada) -- 18th century
- Governors -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Tobago -- 18th century
- Slaves -- West Indies, British -- 18th century -- Social conditions
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.Conditions Governing Use
Copyright retained by any document's creator