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First comment, 20:29 4 December 2005

Nevis is one of the Lesser Antillies islands. Nevis is 36 square miles. The famous Alexander Hamilton was born in Nevis. The place of his birth currently holds the Nevis Island Assembly Chambers and the Museum of Nevis History. Lord Nelson and his wife fanny got married in Nevis there is a copy of the marriage certificate that currently is located at the St.John's anglican church.

Sections to be reinserted

During the expansion of the history section of this article, the following sections were not reinserted (yet) because of a lack of sources confirming them:

  • "In 1620 Captain Anthony Chester visited the island in the vessel Margaret and John and was attacked by two Spanish warships." According to the records at University of Virgina, it appears the attack happened between Dominica and Guadeloupe. See Two Tragical Events: The Seafight of Capt. Anthony Chester, 1621 and The Indian Massacre, 1622. Perhaps there was a second attack in Nevis waters?
  • "both the Thirteen Colonies and Nevis were British provinces at the time of the American Revolutionary War." Unsure about whether or not the Caribbean colonies were called "provinces". Please advise.
  • I'm reinserting the section about the comparison between Nevis and the 13 colonies now, even though a source is still lacking to confirm the claim that the actual numbers representing export from Nevis was worth more than all 13 mainland colonies combined. Please give a reference in regards to this section: "Nevis, due to sugar production, was once a dominant source of wealth for Great Britain, so much that the exports from West Indian islands like Nevis were worth more than all of those from the 13 mainland colonies of North America at the time of the American Revolution. The great wealth of the West Indies led to wars between Spain, Britain, and France, and the formation of the United States can be said to be a partial byproduct of these wars whose strategic trade aims often ignored North America." Pia 00:10, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just wondering... —Nightstallion (?) 20:09, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Images

I have replaced the images of Cicely Tyson and Melanie Brown in this article, because I do not believe that the previous images fell under the terms of fair use, the Cicely Tyson image because it was a still from a film not being used to illustrate the film itself, and the Melanie Tyson image because it was an album cover not being used to illustrate the album itself. --David Mestel(Talk) 18:11, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About having Lord Cam's resumé in the article under "Famous Nevisians"

Wikipedia is not a space for personal promotion. Even Calypsonians who have won many Calypso competitions in Nevis, year after year, such as Dis N Dat and Meeko, are probably not that famous outside Nevis, unfortunately. That doesn't mean, of course, that Ginger, Joe Joe, Binghi, Lord Cam and all the others are not fine Calypsonians--it just means that they are "famous" only locally. Please contribute to Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis instead so that the topic "Nevisian calypso" can be fruitfully explored, or create a music section under the headline "Culture" in this article that explores the topic "Music of Nevis" (with proper references), without giving undue weight to any particular musician. See Wikipedia's advise on How not to be a spammer. - Afv2006 20:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]