Journal recounting Coleridge's initial two year residence in the West Indies, following his appointment by the Colonial Office as bishopric of Barbados. Coleridge recounts his father's life as well as his own upbringing, education and early church career before detailing his voyage and findings ...
Official letters and correspondence of the Bishop of Barbados
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Correspondence from government officials and administrators received by Coleridge as Bishop of Barbados. 31 January 1824, appointment by George IV to the Legislation Councils of Montserrat and Dominica. 23 January 1824, to Coleridge, offer of Bishopric, from Lord Bathurst. 21 June 1824, to Cole...
Assorted documents relating to William Hart Coleridge's bishopric
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Documents relating to Coleridge's bishopric, including two birth certificates for William R Coleridge (b.1831) and Sarah A Coleridge (b.1833); receipts; a summary table of the parishes within the Diocese of Barbados and the Leward Islands and newspaper cuttings from The Barbadian. The folder co...