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"after these near-death letters he received postcards from Jamaica or Indonesia, in which the baroness, in a steadier hand, asked whether he’d ever been to America or Asia."

"Sir James Almont, appointed by His Majesty Charles II Governor of Jamaica, was habitually an early riser."

"In the decade since Cromwell’s expedition had captured the island of Jamaica from the Spanish"

"In the capital of His Majesty’s Colony of Jamaica in the New World, I naturally anticipated some semblance of Christian order and lawful conduct."

"Few Caribbean crocs grew so large; those in the inland swamps of Jamaica were only three or four feet."

"…and late of His Majesty’s Colony in Jamaica?"

"O N OCTOBER 23, 1665, the conviction of Charles Hunter and his crew on a charge of piracy and robbery was summarily overturned by Lewisham, Judge of the Admiralty, meeting in closed session with Sir James Almont, newly restored Governor of the Jamaica Colony."

"Some neighborhoods in Queens are a little bit more homogenous: Flushing is known for being a Chinese American community; Jackson Heights has a lot of Southeast Asians; Jamaica has more people of Caribbean descent."

"“TO HIS MOST SACRED MAJESTY CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, ETC. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE DEPUTY-GOVERNOR OF HIS MAJESTY’S PLANTATIONS AND LANDS IN JAMAICA, IN THE WEST INDIES.”"