Henry Barham. <br/><br/>
An account of the island of Jamaica, from the time of the Spaniards first discovering it to the year 1722 /  
 An account of the island of Jamaica ... 1492 - 1722 
Henry Barham. 
 -  1492-1722. 
 - 56 pages :   col. ;   22 x 26.5 cm 55 unnumbered pages ; 
 - account book  handwritten  On spine : Barham's History of Jamaica. 
 -  Includes general accounts from 1400's - 1722 
<br/><br/> Includes letters concerning general Robert Venables.  Transcript from Sloane MS 3918 in the British Museum, made for the Institute of Jamaica. Incipit : "p. 22. and now we have done with the Spaniards themselves ..."  Transcript from Sloane MS 3918 in the British Museum, made for the Institute of Jamaica. Incipit : "p. 22. and now we have done with the Spaniards themselves ..." 
<br/><br/> This manuscript gives an historical account of the island of Jamaica, from 1492-1722 as written by Henry Barham. Included in this manuscript are several letters written about General Robert Venables. 
<br/><br/><br/>Henry Barham F.R.S. (1670?-1726). The main evidents of his life were recorded by himself in a letter to Sir Hans Sloane. He traveled widely and settled in Jamaica as the Surgeon-Major of the military forces in Jamaica. He died in Spanish Town Jamaica in May, 1726. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label>--History.--Jamaica.--Manuscripts.<br/>Manuscripts.<br/>Manuscripts--Jamaica.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Jamaica--History--Early works to 1800.<br/>Jamaica--History.<br/>Jamaica.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>MS 4