Memoirs of the first settlement of the island of Barbados, and other the Carribbee islands : with the succession of the governors and commanders in chief of Barbados to the year 1742, extracted from ancient records, papers and accounts taken from Mr. William Arnold, Mr. Samuel Bulkly, and Mr. John Summers, some of the first settlers, the last of whom was alive in 1688, aged 82 : also some remarks on the laws and constitution of BarbadosDuke, William, active 18th century, authorMDCCXLIII [1743]engBEIN Barbados Cxr f742d: Autograph on front free end paper: Robert Melville, 1764.Earlier edition published under title: Some memoirs of the first settlement of the Island of Barbados ... to the year 1741. Barbados, 1741.Attributed to William Duke. See Sabin 3278, 3290."A list of the names of the inhabitants of Barbados, in the year, 1638, who then possess'd more than ten acres of land": pages 71-84.With an appendix.