…purchases on credit, presumably of goods to resell in the West Indies and necessities for his new home. * Courtesy of the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.029_0621_0640/?sp=5 https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.029_0621_0640/?sp=6 https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.029_0621_0640/?sp=9. Soon afterwards, James Hamilton departed Scotland and sailed to the British-controlled West Indian island of St. Kitts.[4] In August 1744, James Hamilton…

…colonies. A web search and search of Google Books yielded nothing about Edward Stevens being president of St. Croix. So how did Dr. Edward Stevens become President of St. Croix? The British Occupation of St. Croix In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, the United Kingdom and Denmark went to…

…have moved out before the end of 1768. Perhaps they spent just a few days with James or Peter Lytton before finding more permanent housing. Or perhaps they never lived with either Lytton. Perhaps they immediately went to live with friends or their employers (more about these possibilities later). If…

…hide one’s identity? Perhaps Rachel reasoned that choosing a more common name would have led to questions. People would have asked her if she was related to this Smith or that Jones. Choosing a unique name might have avoided those questions, though it might have prompted questions about the name…

…Seattle Times, Entertainment Weekly, the New Delhi Times, and many others. Local coverage included TV media and the story was independently reported by NJ.com and the Union News Daily. Announcements There will be no blog post next week because of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The next blog post is…

…rights for these oppressed people. Advertisement from St. Croix’s The Royal Danish American Gazette. Business was conducted in at least a dozen currencies. This required skilled clerks to calculate and record everything properly. Business was also conducted in many languages, primarily English but Danish was the official language used in…

…Either first, that she works out 6 years after my Death & punctually pays Twenty Five Pieces of Eight pr year to my Executors & my son Hughs Guardians for his use. or Secondly if she can get any Person to purchase her freedom, such Person may immediately obtain her…

…and did not sell to Ash.[1] It is also possible that James Ash gave Lytton other funds in addition to taking on the debt. The Relationship of James Ash and James Lytton It was quite common on 18th century St. Croix for relatives and friends to do business together. In…

…any background on James A Hamilton? His parentage? MichaelENewton Thanks for your comments! If you mean James Hamilton, father of Alexander Hamilton, I wrote about him on this blog. Regarding his background and parentage: https://discoveringhamilton.com/james-hamilton-birth-father-of-alexander-hamilton/ https://discoveringhamilton.com/alexander-hamilton-father-early-business-career/ There’s a lot more to write about. Hopefully I’ll get around to it soon….

…have already written about some of his voyages to the West Indies, based largely on letters Arnold send to his wife and business associates.[1] I will not be repeating what had previously been known, except to provide context. I will instead focus on the newly discovered material, which greatly increases…