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Finding Aid for Theodore Walker's A trip to the West Indies, 1908
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Hymn written in pencil on four loose leaves and three photographs (Feering Church, Feering Vicarage, and unlabeled costal view) laid in

 

ff. 2r-7r: From London to Barbados; Bridgetown, Barbados

 

ff. 7r-13r: Trinidad (from ship); Colon and Panama City, Panama

 

ff. 14r-38r: Jamaica: Kingston, Spanish Town, Newcastle, Williamsfield, Mandeville, Montpelier, Everton, Bog Walk, Port Antonio

 

ff. 39r-43r: At sea; "Calebra Cut" (Panama Canal)

 

ff. 43r-48r: Baranquilla, Columbia; Venezuela

 

ff. 48r-67r: Port of Spain, Trinidad; Bathsheba, Barbados; Grenada

 

ff. 67r-74r: Martinique; Dominica; Saint Lucia; Barbados; return to England

 

ff. 75r-76r: Letter, T. Walker to "my dear workpeople" February 28, 1908

 

ff. 78r-79r: Notes on S. S. Oroya

 

ff. 80r-87r: "A Trip to the West Indies"

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an unsigned travel essay by a passenger of the Trent that discusses time spent on Trinidad, Grenada, Martinique, and Barbados
 

ff. 88r: Notes in passing

 

ff. 89r: a list of names: People we met and exchanged cards

 

ff. 90r: newspaper clipping titled "A Trip to the West Indies" by Mr. Theodore Walker

 

ff. 90v: newspaper clipping titled "A Trip to the West Indies. The Jamaica Earthquake: A Visit to Kingston" by Mr. Theodore Walker

 

ff. 91r: newspaper clipping titled "A Trip to the West Indies. The Panama Canal: Celebrated Works Described" by Mr. Theodore Walker

 

ff. 91v: newspaper clipping titled "Cousin Jonathan and Jamaica. Opening for Young Men with Money" by Mr. Theodore Walker