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- catalog abstract ""This collection contains diaries, weather records, and commonplace books of Thomas Thistlewood for the years 1748-1786. His diaries (37 v.) cover two years in England (in London and in Lincolnshire) and the remaining time in Jamaica (1750-1786). This is a rich source for agricultural, daily routines, slave life, folklore, natural history, medical diagnosis and remedies, the intellectual world of an AngloJamaican, his sex life, and the climatic history of Jamaica. There are also miscellaneous volumes, such as a list of slaves, 1758-1766. Included in the collection is the journal of his nephew, 1763-1865, describing his voyage to Jamaica and life on his uncle's plantation."".
- catalog contributor b3989442.
- catalog contributor b3989443.
- catalog contributor b3989444.
- catalog coverage "Jamaica Social life and customs 18th century Sources.".
- catalog coverage "West Indies Social life and customs 18th century Sources.".
- catalog date "1748".
- catalog description ""This collection contains diaries, weather records, and commonplace books of Thomas Thistlewood for the years 1748-1786. His diaries (37 v.) cover two years in England (in London and in Lincolnshire) and the remaining time in Jamaica (1750-1786). This is a rich source for agricultural, daily routines, slave life, folklore, natural history, medical diagnosis and remedies, the intellectual world of an AngloJamaican, his sex life, and the climatic history of Jamaica. There are also miscellaneous volumes, such as a list of slaves, 1758-1766. Included in the collection is the journal of his nephew, 1763-1865, describing his voyage to Jamaica and life on his uncle's plantation."".
- catalog description ""Thomas Thistlewood left England in 1750 for Jamaica, becoming an estate manager of a cattle farm (Vineyard Pen) and then overseer of a sugar estate (Egypt). In 1767, he bought his own property (Breadnut Island Pen) and raised crops and livestock. He owned about thirty slaves. He died on his estate in 1786."".
- catalog description "Introd. and table of contents (8 leaves).".
- catalog extent "92 v.".
- catalog issued "1748".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Jamaica Social life and customs 18th century Sources.".
- catalog spatial "Jamaica".
- catalog spatial "Jamaica.".
- catalog spatial "West Indies Social life and customs 18th century Sources.".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Jamaica History Sources.".
- catalog subject "Folklore Jamaica.".
- catalog subject "Natural history Jamaica.".
- catalog subject "Plantations Jamaica.".
- catalog subject "Slaveholders Jamaica.".
- catalog subject "Slavery Jamaica.".
- catalog subject "Thistlewood, John Archives.".
- catalog subject "Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786 Archives.".
- catalog subject "Traditional medicine Jamaica.".
- catalog title "Papers, 1748-1792 microform.".