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Project / Collection Digitising the endangered historic records of Nevis in the Leeward Islands Container Reference (shelfmark) EAP794/1 Subject Accounting and Finance

1. EAP794/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/1
Title:
Common Record Deed Books 1707-1956
Scope & Content:
The Common Deed Record Books run in an almost continuous series from 1707 to 1922. There are 52 Common Record books in total to 1922, plus one Entry Book of deeds, 1884-1956, with others continuing into the twenty-first century. They are large bound volumes and, because of the continuity and con...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1707-1956
Extent:
48 files containing 25993 TIFF images

2. EAP794/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/4
Title:
Other Courts
Scope & Content:
This series includes the records of those courts which could not sensibly be included in other series. It includes one volume of a Court of Complaints. This was essentially a court for the recovery of small debts and was established as a result of discussions in the local Nevis legislature in, o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1815-1943
Extent:
8 files containing 2915 TIFF images

3. EAP794/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/6
Title:
Ships Bonds
Scope & Content:
The books of Ships' Bonds cover a twenty year period for Nevis from 1847 to 1867. There are two gaps, one in 1852 and another from 1861 to 1863. They comprise pre-printed forms which were then filled in with the name of the vessel, the Master and the agents or owners and the relevant date. The p...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1867
Extent:
7 files containing 1825 TIFF images

4. EAP794/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/7
Title:
Provost Marshal’s Sales
Scope & Content:
The series is comprised of nine volumes which run from 1847-1935. There is considerable overlap in the dates of volumes but there is a gap for the years 1862-1865. The Provost Marshal on Nevis had his own office at the opposite end of the courthouse to the Secretary or Registrar. His duties seem...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1935
Extent:
9 files containing 1325 TIFF images

5. EAP794/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/9
Title:
Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This series of Miscellaneous Records encompasses anything from a single book of prescriptions, formerly the Infirmary Book, to a volume of commissions to various public appointees by the Lieutenant Governor of the Leeward Islands between 1863 and 1919 and two surveyor's field notebooks. There ar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1940
Extent:
23 files containing 3119 TIFF images

6. EAP794/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP794/1/10
Title:
Plans and Maps
Scope & Content:
The loose digitised estate plans are comprised of a few large sheets, and a far greater number of smaller-sized plans. The large plans date between 1888 and 1929. They consist of individual plans of large estates on Nevis of several hundred up to one thousand acres or more. The largest plans can...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1888-1974
Extent:
1 file containing 205 TIFF images