The following relates to the execution of “Frank,” one of the conspirators of the Ravine:—
“Gentlemen—
“I sent you a report of the justices of the conspiracies, dated 15th instant, upon which I observed to you, that the execution of the negro “Frank,” belonging to E. Chester, Esq., had been suspended from Friday the 17th, to this 20th of December, upon some information and application to the justices; which, having been considered fully by them, he is, accordingly, this day to suffer the aforesaid sentence of death, by being burnt in Otto’s Pasture.
“By command, &c.
“Council Chamber, 20th Dec. 1736.”
In the thirtieth chapter of this work, will be found another letter from a white inhabitant of Antigua, to a friend in England, giving a fuller account of the mode of execution practised upon some of the unfortunate actors in this melancholy affair. The military strength of Antigua at this period consisted of “Monk’s Hill,” mounted with thirty guns; a fort, known as “Great Fort,” at the entrance of St. John’s Harbour, mounted with fourteen guns; and seven other batteries, with twenty-six pieces of cannon.
No. 15.
GENEALOGY OF THE THOMAS FAMILY.