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Suggestions for grapefruit culture in St. Lucia

by H. Clark Powell, 1928

The laws of Jamaica 1684.

To which is added, the state of Jamaica, as it is now under the government of Sir Thomas Lynch

Annual customs returns of West India islands

of the names, numbers, state and condition of all negroes… apprenticed in pursuance of… the abolition of the slave trade, 1821

Caribbeana

Miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies.

The Cayman Islands Handbook 1908

A handbook compiled by George S.S. Hirst, with notes on Cayman’s history, flora, fauna, economy and everyday life.

The 38th Foot in the West Indies Part I: 1707-11

By Lt-Colonel M. Savage

The English Empire in America

By Robert Burton (Nathaniel Crouch). First published in 1685.

Contingent Committee Reports 1916-19

The official reports of the West Indian Contingent Committee.

Trinidad & Tobago Year Book 1919

Including information detailing Trinidad and Tobago’s contributions in the First World War.

The Bahamas During The Great War

by Frank Holmes, published in 1924.

West Indians: Forefathers of the Metropolitan Police?

(reproduced with permission of the Museum of London).

West India Committee Minutes

The West India Committee’s own minutes

A Night with the Thames Police

‘A Night with the Thames Police’ from The Strand Magazine Vol. I January – June 1891

The Times 17th October 1798

An article on the Marine Police (reproduced with kind permission of The Times).

The Times 15th August 1798

An article on the Marine Police (reproduced with kind permission of The Times).

The Times 26th July 1798

An article on the Marine Police (reproduced with kind permission of The Times).

A Treatise on the Commerce and Police of the River Thames

by Patrick Colquhoun

Newspaper Cuttings

Collected during the Great War by the West India Committee.

Jamaica’s Part in the Great War

Frank Cundall’s Jamaica’s Part in the Great War, published in 1925.

West India Committee Circulars

The West India Committee Circulars, the Committee’s newspaper