LIEUT GENERAL SIR JAMES LYON K.C.B. &
G.C.H. GOVERNOR &c. .BARBADOS.
COMMEMORATIVE OF THE AWFUL HURRICANE OF THE 11TH AUGUST 1831 WHICH
CALLED FORTH THE GENEROUS SYMPATHY & LIBERAL SUCCOUR OF OUR SISTER
ISLES & OTHER FRIENDLY SHORES IN THE HOUR OF CALAMITY AND DISTRESS
DONATIONS RECEIVED IN PRODUCE
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DEUS HAEC FORTASSE REDUCET IN SEDEM
VICE
660N THE EVENING OF THE LOTH THE SUN SET ON A LANDSCAPE OF TH
GREATEST BEAUTY AND FERTILITY, AND ROSE THE FOLLOWING MORNING OVER
AN UTTER DESOLATION AND WASTE OVERBS DISPA! BENIGNA DEUS HÆC
LOSS SUSTAINED IN PROPERTY 2961197290 IN LIVES 2,437.
