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Author Frere, George.

Title A short history of Barbados [microform] : from its first discovery and settlement to the present time.

Imprint London : J. Dodsley, 1768.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of American Civilization Microfiche Cabinets  LAC 14442    ---  Available
Edition A new ed., cor. and enl.
Description xiii, 132 p.
Series Library of American civilization ; LAC 14442
Note Halkett and Laing (on the authority of F. Madan), followed by Cushing, ascribe the work to George Frere. "Attributed to H. Frere" (cf. Sabin)
"There is little that the author can call his own. The greater part of it is a palpable plagiarism, and the adoption is rendered less valuable by the mutilated and imperfect state in which it was sent into the world." -- Poyer, Hist. of the Barbados, l808, p. x.
On the Frere family in the Barbados see the memoir of John Hookham Frere prefixed to the latter's Works, London, 1872, v. 1, p. xi.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources,inc., 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 14442)
Subject Barbados -- History.

 
    
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