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From 1945, it published the Jamaican Historical Review, [3] and from 1952 it published a Bulletin. [4] Initially, the society's publications were funded by the British Council. [5] In the years before the University College of the West Indies in 1948, the society was dominated by the local and expatriate middle class of Jamaica.
The house was donated to the Historical Society in 1938 after being used by seven generations of the Bevier Family between 1715 and 1939, during which it was expanded to the two-story building currently standing. [6] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
1 Penny blue of the first issue, numeral cancel. British stamps were used from 8 May 1858 in Kingston and from November 1858 at other offices. [1] Until 1860, the postal service under the control of Great Britain, despite repeated efforts by Jamaican authorities to take over.
Jamaica despatch, and Kingston chronicle ceased between 1839 and 1841, OCLC 18324191; Jamaica Courant, OCLC 793908775; Abeng, weekly newspaper published in 1969; Daily News, daily newspaper published from May 1973 to April 1983 [7] [8] Weekly Jamaica Courant, weekly newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica, 1718–1755
In Colonial Jamaica, during the 18th and 19th centuries, there were a number of newspapers that represented the views of the white planters who owned slaves. These newspapers included the Royal Gazette, The Diary and Kingston Daily Advertiser, Cornwall Chronicle, Cornwall Gazette, and Jamaica Courant.
The Senate House State Historic Site is located on Fair Street in Kingston, New York, United States. During the Revolutionary War, New York's First Constitutional Convention met in Kingston, where it adopted the first New York State Constitution on April 20th, 1777. Upon being elected, the first New York State Senate met in the home of local ...
American Jewish Historical Society: 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society : Briarcliff Manor Public Library at 1 Library Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY Brooklyn Historical Society : [ 4 ] Reported assets of $21.783 million on June 30, 2006, and took in revenues of $1.889 million in FY 2006 [ 5 ]
Kingston is also home to Caricel, Jamaica's newest telecoms operator, which deployed its LTE network first to the Kingston Metropolitan Area. In addition, both carriers have their Jamaican head offices in the city (with the exception of Digicel, which has its company headquarters in Kingston rather than a regional office there as is the case ...