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Account of the fatal hurricane by which Barbados suffered in August 1831 : to which is prefixed a succinct narrative of the convulsions of the elements which at several times have visited and injured the West Indian Islands

Item

Subject

A passage from an account of an 1831 hurricane as it hit Barbados, featuring Sir James Lyon, the governor of Barbados at the time.

Description

A digital reproduction of an image taken of “Account of the fatal hurricane by which barbados suffered in August 1831," a meteorological journal. It provides a brief account of Sir James Lyon’s character and reputation as he responds to the devastation of the hurricane.

Creator

Editor of the "West Indian"

Source

Nineteenth Century Collections Online

Publisher

Nineteenth Century Collections Online, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/6qw8Y6

Date

1831

Contributor

Sarah Wyer

Rights

Reproduced from Nineteenth Century Collections Online with permission from Gale.

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Citation

Editor of the "West Indian", “Account of the fatal hurricane by which Barbados suffered in August 1831 : to which is prefixed a succinct narrative of the convulsions of the elements which at several times have visited and injured the West Indian Islands,” The Lyon Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, https://lyon.eastendarchives.net/items/show/54.