This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Turks Island and salt gentry in the Caribbean
An extended account describes Turks Island’s geography and lack of fresh water, noting salt gathering by Bermudians and New Englanders, the island’s disputed status, and the English interests in its salt trade. additional items cover militia drills, marriages, deaths, and local crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Manilas
Turks Island
Spanish Hispaniola
Isabella Bay
Platewreck
Abrolho
Great Caicos Bank
Monte Christi
Middlesex Militia
Westminster
Thomas Frederick, Bart
Hounslow
France
Commissioners of Excise
Devon
Worcester
Hereford
Cyder
Perry
Brussels
Austrian Netherlands
Bear Key
John Thayer
Westgate
Surry