![]() ![]() ![]() Thomas and its British Virgin Islands neighbors to the northeast, but also the barrier of language, which effectively distanced the two colonies to a far greater degree than the three leagues of azure waters that lay between them. Any and all dealings with the English called for utmost diplomacy, not only in light of the long-standing distrust between the Danish colony of St. Despite its flattering salutation, the letter, which only moments before had been delivered to his office by one Captain Fraser of the British Sloop Otter, induced an immediate sensation of prickly anxiety. Having thus regained his composure, Suhm leaned forward in his chair to bring the page before him into better focus. ![]() Vice-Governor of the Danish West Indies Christian Suhm reached impulsively for his snuffbox and took a liberal pinch of the fine Virginia cut that was his preference. “Freshly provisioned and loaded, only days out of Havana bound for Spain, the Nuestra Señora de Guadelupe had been separated from her convoy by a mighty gale …” ![]()
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