I'm interested in any information on Betty's Hope as my paternal grandfather, Charles David BUTLER, was born there ca. 1890's. Also of interest are the letters pertaing to slave John Edwards, as I have EDWARDS ancestors from Barbuda. Unfortunately, the few vital records I've found for Barbuda are mixed in with those of Antigua making research a slow process. Andrea In a message dated 5/2/2003 4:42:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, CARIBBEAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > "Two letters in 1814-15 from a slave John Edwards seeking to buy his > freedom in the first letter and sending thanks in the second -- the > second letter endorsed by "CBC" [Christopher Bethell Codrington] > 'My servant when I am in Antigua whom I manumitted'