| Citation |
NYWJ.736.026
6 Dec 1736:41 (161)
The following is an extract of another letter from Antigua.
St. John's in Antigua, Oct. 24, 1736. Sir, HHre has been a
general stop to all business, occasioned by the happy
discovery of an accursed Negro plot, which should have been
perpetrated on the 11th instant, which was the anniversary
of the King's coronation, on which day the General usually
gives a hansome ball to the gentlemen and ladies of the
whole island. . . [10 lines] These two was to have been
this King Court's head generals, and while the gentlemen and
ladies were diverting themselves at the ball, which was to
have been held at Mr. Christopher Dunbar's new house, . . .
[70 more lines describing plot and punishment of offenders].
|