Details

Subjects:

Saint Kitts -- Early works to 1800.
Saint Kitts -- History.

Form/Genre:

Facsimiles.
Minute books.
Minutes.
Manuscripts, English.
Manuscripts, Digital.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file

Summary:

Minutes of the Assembly of the British colony of Saint Christopher, now named Saint Kitts, from 8 Oct. 1790 to 28 Aug. 1794. Paper is acidic, brittle, and additionally discolored by oxidation of the ink; the rulings in ink for the left margins are prone to cracking.

Notes:

Title from spine (viewed on June 13, 2011).
Layout: Written in 31-37 long lines; vertical double bounding line ruled in ink at left margin.
Script: Written in cursive script by at least 2 hands.
Binding: Half leather, lower cover detached.
Origin: Written in Basseterre, Saint Kitts (f. 1r), from October 1790 (f. 1r) to August 1794 (f. 224v).
Dimensions of original manuscript: 380 x 216 (380 x 192) mm. bound to 386 x 240 mm.
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2011.

Penn Provenance:

Original held by Andrea Pettit; on deposit, 2010.