Admiral Cotes and British Naval Operations in the Caribbean, 1757
LONDON. “Extracts of two Letters from Vice-Admiral [Thomas] Cotes, Commander in Chief of his Majesty’s Ships at Jamaica, to Mr. [John] Cleveland, dated the 5th and 31st of December, 1757. ‘The 20th of November his majesty’s ship Assistance chaced a ...
Slaves Defend British Slave Ship Against Spanish Privateer, 1740
“Williamsburg, in Virginia, July 10 [1740]. This Week arrived in York River, the Snow Seaflower, Capt. Edwards, (the former Capt. being dead) from Guinea, with 159 Slaves, consigned to Col. Braxton & Son. They met with a Spanish ...
