Item VII/iii/01 - A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies

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GB 2014 WS-01-GRE-VII/iii/01

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A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies

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  • 1957 (Accumulation)
  • 1776 (Publication)

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8vo, 2 volumes

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(1737-1786)

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JUSTAMOND, JOHN OBADIAH, brother of John Justamond (qv); b. 14 Oct 1737 (bapt. as Jean Abdias Justamond at French Huguenot Chapel, Westminster 20 Oct 1737 (IGI)); adm. Oct. 1747; left 1750; apprenticed to Henry Warner, citizen and surgeon 3 Nov 1752; Surgeon to 1st Foot, 1 May 1760, 2nd Dragoon Guards 27 Oct 1760, 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards 19 Feb 1766 – retd. 29 Nov 1771; Physician to Westminster Hospital from 1770; a director, Ecole de Charité, Westminster, 1770; Assistant Keeper, Natural and Artificial Antiquities, British Museum c. 1773 – Feb 1778; FRS 14 Dec 1775; translated Abbé Raynal, History of the East and West Indies, 1776; m. 30 Apr 1767 Anne Gillette, sister of Paul Henry Maty (qv); d. 27 Mar 1786.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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WS-GRE-VII/iii/1

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GB 2014

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Final

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  • English

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  • Latin

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