Daniel Parke Jr. in St. Johns, Antigua, Leeward Islands - 18 September, 1708, at night
from 'America and West Indies: October 1708' in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709, pages 104-123:
[Original spelling retained. Daniel Parke Jr. was an unpopular governor of the Leeward islands. He was lynched there by a mob in 1710]
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Cecil Headlam (ed.), 'America and West Indies: October 1708' in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709, volume 24 (London, 1922), p. 104-123. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547136427748 accessed: 4 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersboisterous singing | performed by Bastian Otto Byar, Edward Chester Jr., Edward Chester Snr., Joseph Adams |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 18 September, 1708, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Notes
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