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West Indies. Archipelago.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of the Ewen and McIlwraith families.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7041
Scope and Contents

Concerning the West Indies and tea planting in India.

Dates: circa 1780-circa 1885.

Four letters of Colville Wedderburn and Co to James Dunlop., 1826-1827.

 Series
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 110-117
Scope and Contents

Letters concerning the Crawford family sugar estate in Jamaica.

Dates: 1826-1827.

Letter, 1868, of William Wright to his mother in Ayrshire.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5945
Scope and Contents

Concerning journey to West Indies.

With genealogical note, 19th century, and copy of the regulations of Ballantrae cemetary (Girvan, 1878).

Dates: 1868-circa 1899.

Letter book of Major-General Sir Paulus Irving., 1795.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50280
Scope and Contents

Copy letters, 1795, of Sir Paulus Irving, mostly to Major-General Charles Leigh, and letters to Irving from residents of St Vincent, concerning military operations in the West Indies (folios 2-20).

List, 1795, of orders from Irving to an ordinance store (folio 138).

Dates: 1795.

Letter book of Major-General Sir Paulus Irving., 1795-1801.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50281
Scope and Contents

Copy letters, 1795-1801, mostly of Paulus Irving concerning military affairs in the Caribbean and Irving’s attempts to procure military and government posts (folios 1-81).

Copy letters, 1795, of Paulus Irving concerning military affairs in the Caribbean (folios 186 verso-140 recto).

Accounts, circa 1795, concerning expenses for the 47th Regiment of Foot (folios 187-188).

Dates: 1795-1801.

Letters from George Rose to Sir John Orde concerning the governorship of Dominica.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13685
Scope and Contents

The correspondence chiefly relates to the governorship of Dominica under Sir John Orde.

Dates: 1784-1808

Letters from Jamaica of John Clark, John Cunningham and Colin MacLarty to friends and relatives at Greenock.

 File
Identifier: MS.50258
Scope and Contents Clark, JohnLetter, 1772, of John Clark to Peggy Clark concerning the death of his uncle and the dangers of excessive drinking (folios 1-2).Cunningham, JohnLetters, 1776-1801, of John Cunningham to Peggy Clark concerning his voyage to Jamaica, sale of a share in a plantation, the sale of enslaved people, the Second Maroon War, his health and his desire to return to Scotland (folios 3-22).MacLarty, ColinLetters, 1790 and 1792, of...
Dates: 1772-1801.

Letters of, to and concerning the Pitcairn family and letters of James Cochran to John Hogg., 1742-1804.

 Series
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 131-159
Scope and Contents

Letters of, to and concerning the Pitcairn family, and two letters of James Cochran to John Hogg, concerning family and business matters in Scotland and Jamaica.

Dates: 1742-1804.

Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6465-is now MSS.50273-50276

Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50273-50276
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of correspondence of and concerning Scots in Jamaica, including letters of the Earl of Balcarres, the Fyffe family and other Scots in Jamaica.

Typewritten lists concenring materials of Scottish interest in the National Library of Jamaica, formerly the West India Reference Library.

Typewritten list of Scottish place names in Jamaica.

Dates: 1699; 1735-1846.

'The memoirs [and] reflections of Hr McNiell [of the Harp], written by himself', a manuscript copy of the first volume of the memoirs of Hector MacNeill.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50257
Scope and Contents The manuscript is in various hands.Title page, including an epigram, in Latin, of Cicero (folio iii).'Chap. I The Authors Parentage.' Information concerning MacNeill’s grandfather and father (pages 1-9).'Chap. II. An unfashionable picture of Domestic Life.' An account of the MacNeills’ domestic life at their home at Rosebank, near Roslin, and subsequently near Loch Lomond (pages 9-17).'Chap. 3d. Some account of the Author.' Information...
Dates: 1804, 1912.

Transcript of the journals of John Mair.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6748-is now MS.50267
Scope and Contents

Concerning travels in the West Indies.

Dates: 1776-1791.

Transcript of the journals of John Mair.

 File
Identifier: MS.50267
Content Description Details concerning Mair’s travels from London to the West Indies via Madeira, during which he visited Barbados, Tobago, Grenada, the Grenadines, St Vincent, St Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Dominica, and his purchase of an estate and enslaved people in Dominica (folios 1-15). Particulars concerning Mair’s return journey from Dominica to London, the impact of Britain’s conflict with France and America on British colonies in the Caribbean and details of Mair’s plantation...
Dates: 1776-1791.