Description of the Bay of Honduras and the Mosquito Shore &c. : ms., 1765.

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Description of the Bay of Honduras and the Mosquito Shore &c. : ms., 1765.

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Report by Joseph Smith Speer describing the territory, its history, the English settlement, and projects for its future development, 1765. Account of Richard Jones of his negotiations with the Mosquito king, 1769; remarks by Robert Hodgson on the Bay of Honduras, with report on flora and fauna, particularly the trees of the area, 1753; and various other documents relating to British rights to cut wood in the Bay of Honduras region. At end of volume a description of the Island of Mauritius by Capt. John Blake, 1738.

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Jones, Richard H.

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Plantation owner, teacher, and local official, of Campbell and Pittsyvania counties, Va. From the description of Papers, 1797-1878. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19933067 Longtime resident of Eastover in lower Richland County, S.C.; Jones was a resident of Columbia, S.C., when he wrote this essay in 1979; it is unclear which Columbia resident wrote this item: Richard Jones (1899-1985) or Richard Jones (1923-2001). From the description of Kingvill...

Speer, Joseph Smith

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Hodgson, Robert.

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