SAVANNA-LA-MAR, a town of Jamaica, situated in the county of Cornwall in that island.—It is the county-town, where the assize courts are held, the last Tuesdays in March, June, September, and December. It has lately been ornamented by an elegant court-house, and contains about one hundred other houses. It belongs to Westmoreland parish, in which are 89 sugar-estates, 106 other estates, and 18,000 slaves.
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