{"product_id":"the-annals-of-jamaica-vol-2-classic-reprint","title":"The Annals of Jamaica, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)","description":"Excerpt from The Annals of Jamaica, Vol. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the members of the local legislature I trust that my labours may be of use by lightening theirs for, though the compass of the work would not permit the record of every fact which it may be desirable for them to be acquainted with, yet the arrangement of annals refers each leading event to its proper time and place and their Journals, the prin cipal sources of my information, lie Open to them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe spirit of party, ''in a work like this, I most devoutly deprecate; and my own feelings of per sonal obligation have more than once been wounded in pursuing a narrative whose only merit may be that of impartiality, under all the difficulties of living characters and recent times. By those who knew him not, and by those alone, I may, perhaps, be suspected of sacrificing the faith of history to dis charge an obligation of gratitude to a Nobleman to whom I am deeply indebted: but the historian who may be silent without danger, may praise without difficulty or reluctance; and posterity will readily confess that the prolonged government of the Duke of Manchester might furnish the subject of a sincere and ample panegyric.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.","brand":"Forgotten Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":35122991923245,"sku":"9780266992127","price":18.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39825931632685,"sku":"9781330490525","price":15.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-annals-of-jamaica-vol-2-classic-reprint","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}