C series materials, 1714–1908

C/WI/BAH/Box 1 covers the years of the first colonial empire, the Bahamas being offshore islands of the mainland American colonies and administered as such. Letters from the missionaries and school...

Date:1726-1822
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bah1
18th Century 19th Century Modern History Europe Northern Europe Western Europe The Caribbean United Kingdom Manuscript 1780s 1820s United States of America (USA) The Americas The Bahamas West Indies 1760s 1790s 1740s 1750s 1770s 1800s 1810s 1720s 1730s Legal Papers Abstracts Reports Correspondence

C/WI/BAH/Box 2 is particularly interesting. Dealing with the post-revolutionary decades, it reveals that the SPG seems to have renewed its energies in the islands, extending their activities from New Providence...

Date:1790-1810
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bah2
18th Century 19th Century Modern History Europe Northern Europe Western Europe The Caribbean United Kingdom Manuscript United States of America (USA) The Americas The Bahamas West Indies 1790s 1800s 1810s Legal Papers Abstracts Reports Correspondence

C/WI/BAH/Box 3 deals with the emancipation eras but there is a gap of some decades in the correspondence. Many of the reports, increasingly detailed, reveal the new authority of the...

Date:1834-1858
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bah3
19th Century Modern History Europe Northern Europe Western Europe The Caribbean United Kingdom Manuscript 1840s 1850s 1830s United States of America (USA) The Americas The Bahamas West Indies Legal Papers Abstracts Reports Correspondence

C/WI/BAR/Box 1 (a). In addition to ms. letters, includes printed copies of letters to West Indies governors from the 3rd Earl Bathurst at the Colonial Office in 1823; text of...

Date:1823-1846
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bar1a
19th Century Modern History Europe Northern Europe Western Europe The Caribbean United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1840s 1820s 1830s The Americas West Indies Barbados Correspondence

C/WI/BAR/Box 1 (b). Items relate chiefly to missionaries, but also include other topics such as the extension of church buildings.

Date:1826-1847
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bar1b
19th Century Modern History Europe Northern Europe Western Europe The Caribbean United Kingdom Manuscript 1840s 1820s 1830s The Americas West Indies Barbados Correspondence

C/WI/BAR/Box 1 (c). Includes chiefly details of subscriptions for the furtherance of these charitable uses.

Date:1835-1835
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bar1c
19th Century Modern History Europe Northern Europe Western Europe The Caribbean United Kingdom Manuscript 1830s The Americas West Indies Barbados Correspondence

C/WI/BAR/Box 1 (d). A small collection of letters concerning the work of the diocese.

Date:1822-1838
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bar1d
19th Century Modern History Europe Northern Europe Western Europe The Caribbean United Kingdom Manuscript 1820s 1830s The Americas West Indies Barbados Correspondence

C/WI/BAR/Box 1 (e). Includes, inter alia: the Ninth annual report of the Barbados Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, printed in Bridge...

Date:1828-1844
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:c-wi-bar1e
19th Century Modern History Europe Northern Europe Western Europe The Caribbean United Kingdom Typescript Manuscript 1840s 1820s 1830s The Americas West Indies Barbados Reports