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Collection name. Hunter of Glencarse papers

 Record Group
Identifier: Collection name
Hunter of Glencarse

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Correspondence, estate, financial, and legal papers of the Hunters of Glencarse and Seaside.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19711-19733
Scope and Contents

The contents consist chiefly of the papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside and relating in particular to the sale of his estates in 1848. Also papers of his son, Andrew Hunter, Coffee Planter, Ceylon. Andrew Hunter's papers are of considerable interest providing some useful material for plantation management and colonial life in the Ceylon of the early 1860's.

Dates: 1685-1890, undated.