Lady Nugent's journal of her residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805 /
Nugent, Maria,Lady,1771?-1834.
Wright, Philip,editor.
Shepherd, Verene,writer of foreword.
Personal diary of Lady Nugent, wife of the Governor of Jamaica, the most important of the highly prized British sugar colonies, during a critical period in the Napoleonic War. Entries, mainly concerned with life in the Governor's household, convey fresh impressions of life at the centre of a slave-owning colonial society.
Reprint. originally published: Institute of Jamaica, 1907 ; reissued, 1966.
Personal diary of Lady Nugent, wife of the Governor of Jamaica, the most important of the highly prized British sugar colonies, during a critical period in the Napoleonic War. Entries, mainly concerned with life in the Governor's household, convey fresh impressions of life at the centre of a slave-owning colonial society.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction : Maria Nugent -- The shadow of Saint-Domingue -- Tribulations of a lieutenant-governor -- Notes on a planter society -- Chronology of the Nugents' residence in Jamaica -- Foreword -- Maria Nugent's journal : I. April to December, 1801 -- II. January to December, 1802 -- III. January to December, 1803 -- IV. January, 1804 to September 2, 1805 -- V. In England, September 3, 1805 to May 29, 1811 -- Appendix : A.A letter to General Nugent from the Mosquito Indians -- B. Two letters from Maria Nugent to Admiral Duckworth -- C. Some King's House bills.
Nugent, Maria, Lady, 1771?-1834