the revenues of two large estates being appropriated to the institution. But Codrington's intention had not been duly regarded. The profits had been squandered and the funds disgracefully neglected or abused. The splendid edifice planned had not been finished, and the part that was erected had been brought into early decay. Only one side of the intended quadrangle had yet been built, and that, to the disgrace of those concerned, had long been left to fall into ruin. Something, however, had been done by the present manager to recover the estates and to direct the funds into their proper channel. The part of the building which had been erected was now undergoing a thorough repair in the hope of saving it from utter and premature destruction. Twelve boys only had as yet been admitted on the foundation, who, instead of occupying any part of the college building, were accommodated in the house of the master.1 A very different aspect of West Indian life is to be found in the rollicking pages of Tom Cringle's Log, but its author had lived fifteen years in the tropics, and, in spite of exaggerations, the book speaks with authority. In Kingston, he affirmed, the society was as good as could be met with in any provincial town anywhere; "and there prevailed a warmth of heart and a kindliness both in the males and females of those families to which I had the good fortune to be introduced, that I never experienced out of Jamaica". The island was at the time in the heyday of its prosperity and Kingston harbour was full of shipping. "The result of this princely traffic, more magnificent than that of Tyre, was a stream of gold and silver flowing into the Bank of England, to the extent of £3,000,000 sterling annually, in return for British manufactures; thus supplying the sinews of war to the Government at home, and, besides the advantage of so large a mart, employing an immense amount of British tonnage and many thousand seamen, and in numberless ways opening up new outlets to British enterprise and capital." Considering their special circumstances it was natural that the West Indies did not produce much in the way of an indigenous literature; but Long's History of Jamaica and Bryan Edwards's History of the West Indies are vigorous and able statements of the history from the West Indian standpoint. 1 Pinckard, 1, 356-9. 2 Scott, M., Tom Cringle's Log (Everyman's Library edn), p. 125. BIBLIOGRAPHY Edited by LILLIAN M. PENSON A. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY (Compiled from the Bibliographical Lists supplied by contributors) I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GUIDES TO MATERIAL B. SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES I. EXPLORAtion and Sea POWER 1. EXPLORATION, by Dr J. A. Williamson. 2. SEA POWER, by Professor J. Holland Rose. II. COLONIAL POLICY 1. GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION, by Professor C. M. Andrews. 2. ECONOMIC POLICY, by Professor C. M. Andrews and Professor J. F. Rees. 3. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE EMPIRE, by Professor J. Ewing. III. THE HISTORY OF THE COLONIES 1. THE CONTINENTAL COLONIES, by Professor C. M. Andrews, C. Headlam and Professor A. P. Newton. 2. THE WEST INDIES, by Professor C. M. Andrews, C. Headlam, and Miss L. M. Penson. 3. WEST AFRICA, by Miss E. C. Martin. IV. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1. THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUGGLE, by C. Headlam. A. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND GUIDES TO MATERIAL ANDREWS, C. M. Guide to the Materials for American History to 1783, in the Public Record Office of Great Britain. Vol. 1, The State Papers; Vol. 11, Departmental and Miscellaneous Papers. Washington, 1912, 1914. ANDREWS, C. M. and DAVENPORT, F. G. Guide to the Manuscript Materials for the History of the United States to 1783, in the British Museum, in minor London Archives, and in the Libraries of Oxford and Cambridge. Washington, 1907. These three volumes provide a valuable analysis of the documentary materials for American and West Indian history, available in the better known British archives. ANDREWS, C. M. "List of the Journals and Acts of the Councils and Assemblies of the Thirteen Original Colonies and the Floridas in America, preserved in the Public Record Office." Report, American Historical Association, 1908, PP: 399-509. "List of the Commissions, Instructions, and Additional Instructions issued to the Royal Governors and Others in America to 1784." Report, American Historical Association, 1911, pp. 393-528. "List of Reports and Representations of the Plantation Councils, 1660-1674, the Lords of Trade, 1675-1696, and the Board of Trade, 1696-1782, in the Public Record Office." Report, American Historical Association, 1913, pp. 319-406. BARTLETT, J. R. Bibliography of Rhode Island. Providence, 1864. BELL, H. C., PARKER, D. W. and others. Guide to British West Indian Archive Materials, in London and in the Islands, for the History of the United States. Washington, 1926. CALLENDER, G. A. R. A Bibliography of Naval History. 2 pts. Historical Association Publicns. Nos. 58 and 61. London, 1924, 1925. CHANNING, E., HART, A. B. and TURNER, F. J. Guide to the Study of American History. 3rd ed. Boston, 1912. CUNDALL, F. Bibliographia Jamaicensis. Kingston, 1902. Supplement published in 1908. Bibliography of the West Indies, exclusive of Jamaica. Kingston, 1909. DAVENPORT, F. G. "Materials for English Diplomatic History, 1509-1783, Calendared in the Reports of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, with References to Similar Materials in the British Museum." xvith Report of the Royal Commission on Historical MSS. London, 1917. DAVIES, G. Bibliography of British History. Stuart Period, 1603-1714. Oxford, 1928. Chapter xv, by E. A. Benians, deals with "Voyages and Travels Chapter XVI, by the late Professor H. E. Egerton, with "Colonial History". There is a valuable list of Bibliographies and Guides on pp. 355-7. GAY, J. Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'Afrique et à l'Arabie. Paris, 1875. GIUSEPPI, M. S. A Guide to the Manuscripts preserved in the Public Record Office. 2 vols. London, 1923. These volumes are an enlargement of Scargill-Bird's Guide to the Public Record Office, 3rd ed. 1909, which was for many years the standard work of reference. The material relating to colonial subjects is dealt with in the second volume. GRIFFIN, G. G. (Editor). Writings on American History, 1906 (and subsequent years to 1923). A Bibliography of Books and Articles on United States and Canadian History during the year. New Haven, 1908. This series was preceded by a volume in 1902 edited by E. G. Richardson and A. E. Morse, Princeton, 1904; and one in 1903 by A. C. McLaughlin, W. A. Slade, and E. D. Lewis, Washington, 1905. HIGHAM, C. S. S. Colonial Entry Books. Helps for the Students of History Series, No. 45, S.P.C.K. London, 1921. JAMESON, J. F. "Guide to the Items relating to American History in the Reports of the English Historical Manuscripts Commission." Report, American Historical Association, 1898, pp. 611-700. Washington, 1899. LARNED, J. N. The Literature of American History.... Boston, 1902. MALCOLM, H. List of Documents relating to the Bahama Islands in the British Museum and the Public Record Office. Nassau, 1910. NEWTON, A. P. (Editor). List of Selected Books relating to the History of the British Empire Overseas.... Historical Association Publicns. No. 46. Rev. ed. London, 1929. STEVENS, B. F. "Catalogue Index of MSS in the Archives of England, France, Holland, and Spain relating to America, 1763-83." 180 vols. In the Library of Congress. THOMAS, N. W. Bibliography of Anthropology and Folk Lore. 1908. Has a useful section on West Africa. WEEKS, S. B. Libraries and Literature of N. Carolina in the XVIIIth Century. Washington, 1895. Historical Review of the Colonial and State Records of N. Carolina. Raleigh, N.C. 1914. Index to the Colonial and State Records of North Carolina. Goldsboro', 1909-14. II. DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL (PRINTED AND UNPRINTED) 1. OFFICIAL PAPERS PRESERVED IN BRITISH REPOSITORIES (a) Acts: (1) PARLIAMENTARY The Statutes of the Realm... (1101-1713). 11 vols. London, 1810-28. The Statutes at Large. Collected by D. Pickering. (1225-1761) 24 vols. Cambridge, 1762-9. Continued from 1761 to 1807. Cambridge, 1763-1807. FIRTH, C. H. and RAIT, R. S. Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum. 3 vols. London, 1911. (b) Debates: ALMON, J. Parliamentary Register, a History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons, 1774-82. 25 vols. London, 1775 sqq. COBBETT, W. and WRIGHT, J. Parliamentary History of England, 1066-1803. London, 1806 sqq. (c) Journals of the House of Lords, and Journals of the House of Commons: NOTE. All entries relating to colonial affairs for North America and the West Indies from the Journals and other sources are printed in STOCK, L. F., Proceedings and Debates of the British Parliaments respecting North America. Washington, 1924. In progress. Vol. I covers the years 1542-1688. (d) Parliamentary Papers and Miscellaneous MSS: The great series of Accounts and Papers and Reports of Commissioners, printed by order of one of the Houses of Parliament and required to be laid before them, is of the greatest value for colonial matters, but mainly after 1783. Among those of value for the period covered by this volume are the following reports upon West African affairs: Reports of Commissioners, 1816, vol. vII. 2; 1817, vol. vi. Reports of Committees appointed to investigate the affairs of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa. Reports of Commissioners, 1830, vol. x; 1842, vol. XI. Reports upon Sierra Leone and the British Possessions in Africa, respectively. Manuscripts of the House of Lords, 1693-1710. New Series. Vols. i-viii. This series is in continuation of that issued under the auspices of the (2) PRIVY COUNCIL Acts of the Privy Council, 1542-1614. Ed. by J. R. Dasent. 32 vols. London, 1890-1907. 1613-1616. Ed. by E. G. Atkinson. 2 vols. London, 1916, 1925. In progress. Acts of the Privy Council Colonial, 1613-1783. Ed. by W. L. Grant and J. Munro. 6 vols. London, 1908–12. These series of printed calendars provide the texts of entries relating to colonial affairs in the Privy Council Register. The many volumes of the original Register are in the Public Record Office. Vol. vi of the Acts of the Privy Council Colonial gives a selection from the bundles of miscellaneous Privy Council Papers, which are also in the Public Record Office. The Privy Council Register contains records of the meetings of committees of the Council as well as those of the Council itself. Some committees, however, 'preserved separate records, e.g. the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations of 1675-96. (V. infra, p. 828.) The Plantation Register. This is a series of volumes containing the texts of documents relating to the colonies which came before the Privy Council. They are still in the Privy Council Office, and have not been calendared. British Royal Proclamations relating to America, 1603-1783. Ed. by C. S. Brigham. Published as vol. XII of the Trans. of American Antiquarian Soc. Worcester, Mass. 1911. (3) THE EXCHEQUER The records of the Exchequer include series relating to the Customs, and also the Port Books (from 1565), which give hints on early commerce and exploration. They include also Privy Seal and other Warrants which sometimes indicate the issue of patents and grants, or appointments which have not been inscribed on Patent Rolls. (4) THE CHANCERY Patent Rolls. These are important for grants to Chartered Companies and Proprietors, Commissions to Governors, etc. The records of the Courts of Chancery, Star Chamber and Requests are valuable for commerce and early colonial transactions. (5) THE ADMIRALTY Accountant-General's Department: Log Books, etc.; Admirals' Journals (from 1702) and Captains' Logs (from 1669). Navy Board: In-Letters (from 1660); Out-Letters (from 1671). Secretary's Department: In-Letters (from 1673), including Reports of Courts Martial (Admiral Byng, Admiralty I/5296. Admiral Keppel, Admiralty I/5312. Admiral Palliser, Admiralty I/5313). Out-Letters (from 1656). Board's Minutes (from 1657). High Court of Admiralty: The records of the High Court of Admiralty are important, especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, for commerce, privateering and some colonial transactions. |