'America and West Indies: October 1708' in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709

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[Original spelling retained. Daniel Parke Jr. was an unpopular governor of the Leeward islands. He was lynched there by a mob in 1710]

Account of the Riot at the house of Mr. Edward Chester, senr., at St. Johns, Antigua, Sept. 18, 1708. That morning General Parke received information of a riotous meeting the night before in the street before the goale, supposed to be occasioned by the comittment of Mr. John Barnes, the evening before, for wounding of a person […] and also at the same time speaking very scurrilously and disdainfully of the General, etc. The Generall desired the Constables to prevent any such doeings the next night. Returning after dinner to towne about 7 p.m. and passing Mr. Chester's house, a great deale of company immediately fell a singing and makeing a noise in a very scoffing and rude manner, but the Generall tooke noe notice, but walked on to the Coffee-house. There Mr. Chester senr., Bastian Otto Byar, Edward Chester jr., Joseph Adams and others came by him in a very rude manner, and had like to have justled him, and fell upon abuseing the mistress of the house, and swearing and makeing a noise, on purpose to affront him. The Generall advised Mr. Otto Byar to goe home and behave himself for his father's sake. Some tyme after, the Generall was walking againe by Mr. Chester's house, and the company there againe fell a singing and makeing a noise very rudely. The Generall sent constables into them to require them not to keep such a noise, but they continued drinking there, and said 'twas time enough to go home. 

excerpt from ''America and West Indies: October 1708' in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 24, 1708-1709' pp. 104-123 (269 words)

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