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EDWARD BLISS EMERSON THE CARIBBEAN JOURNAL AND LETTERS, 1831-1834 Edited by José G. Rigau-Pérez Expanded, annotated transcription of manuscripts Am 1280.235 (349) and Am 1280.235 (333) (selected pages) at Houghton Library, Harvard University, and letters to the family, at Houghton Library and the Emerson Family Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. 17 August 2013 2 © Selection, presentation, notes and commentary, José G. Rigau Pérez, 2013 José G. Rigau-Pérez is a physician, epidemiologist and historian located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico, Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, he has written articles on public health, infectious diseases, and the history of medicine. 3 CONTENTS EDITOR'S NOTE .................................................................................................................................. 5 1. 'Ninety years afterward': The journal's discovery ....................................................................... 5 2. Previous publication of the texts .................................................................................................. 6 3. Textual genealogy: Ninety years after 'Ninety years afterward' ................................................ 7 a. Original manuscripts of the journal ......................................................................................... 7 b. Transcription history .................................................................................................................. 8 c. To produce the version presented here ................................................................................... 8 4. Editorial principles .......................................................................................................................... 9 a. Rules of transcription for the journal, notes and letters........................................................ 9 b. Translation of letters ................................................................................................................ 11 c. Annotation ................................................................................................................................. 12 5. Brief comments on the present text ........................................................................................... 12 6. Work in progress ........................................................................................................................... 17 Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................. 20 Abbreviations.......................................................................................................................................... 21 Chronology ............................................................................................................................................. 22 THE CARIBBEAN JOURNAL AND LETTERS, 1831-1834 ..................................................... 25 1831: ARRIVAL ................................................................................................................................ 27 January 1831 .................................................................................................................................. 27 Notes before & on arrival at St. Croix .................................................................................. 27 February 1831 ................................................................................................................................ 41 March 1831 .................................................................................................................................... 52 April 1831 ....................................................................................................................................... 65 St. Thomas, 4-5 April 1831 ..................................................................................................... 66 Puerto Rico, 6 April 1831 ........................................................................................................ 67 May 1831 ........................................................................................................................................ 78 June, 1831 ....................................................................................................................................... 85 July 1831 .......................................................................................................................................102 August 1831 .................................................................................................................................119 September 1831 ...........................................................................................................................134 October 1831 ...............................................................................................................................143 November 1831...........................................................................................................................155 December 1831 ...........................................................................................................................164 1832: BACK AND FORTH .........................................................................................................171 January 1832 ................................................................................................................................171 February 1832 ..............................................................................................................................176 March 1832 ..................................................................................................................................184 April 1832 .....................................................................................................................................191 May 1832 ......................................................................................................................................199 June 1832 ......................................................................................................................................205 July 1832 .......................................................................................................................................210 Edward back at home, August – 6 October 1832..................................................................220 October 1832, The Caribbean again ........................................................................................225 St. Thomas, 26 October 1832 ...............................................................................................225 November 1832...........................................................................................................................235 Puerto Rico, 2 November 1832............................................................................................235 4 December 1832 ...........................................................................................................................239 1833: LEAVE OR STAY? .............................................................................................................243 January - April 1833 ....................................................................................................................243 May 1833 ......................................................................................................................................246 June, July 1833 .............................................................................................................................246 August 1833 .................................................................................................................................249 September 1833 ...........................................................................................................................251 October 1833 ...............................................................................................................................252 November 1833...........................................................................................................................262 December 1833 ...........................................................................................................................264 1834: DEPARTURE ......................................................................................................................267 March 1834 ..................................................................................................................................267 April 1834 .....................................................................................................................................268 May 1834 ......................................................................................................................................271 June 1834 ......................................................................................................................................272 July 1834 .......................................................................................................................................274 October 1834 - May 1835 ..........................................................................................................276