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Innes, James (son of James Innes, Jamaica and Shetland)

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter of Archibald Anderson to David Lamb., 1803.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 26-27
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Letters concerning the life of James Innes in Jamaica and subsequent efforts to resolve issues around his estate after his death. Some letters concerning Innes’ ownership of enslaved people and plans to send his son James Innes – whose mother was enslaved – to Shetland. Legal documents and a contract concerning Robert Scollay’s purchase of a ship. A list concerning rents and heritors of the united parishes of Lerwick and Gulberwick.

Dates: 1803.

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Jamaica. North and Central America - Jamaica. Island. Longitude: -77.5000. Latitude: 18.2500. 3
Letters. Correspondence. 3
Slavery. 3
Shetland. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Unitary Authority. Longitude: -1.2500. Latitude: 60.5000. 1