Transcript of the journals of John Mair.
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 (folios 15-19).
Account concerning Mair’s further journeys to Antigua, St Kitts, Montserrat and Liverpool, militia action against runaways and Mair’s purchase of an additional coffee plantation (folios 19-24).
Information concerning the political situation in Dominica, with descriptions concerning the topographies, societies and plantations of Jamaica and St Domingue (folios 24-32).
Dates
- Creation: 1776-1791.
Creator
- Mair, John (planter, Dominica) (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Not to be copied. The Library maintains a blanket ban on creating copies or photographs of photocopied or copied materials. Further information is available from the Archives and Manuscript Division.
Extent
32 Leaves
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Formerly Acc.6748.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1976, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, through the good offices of Clare Taylor, Aberystwyth.
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Barbados. North and Central America - Barbados. Island. Longitude: -59.5333. Latitude: 13.1667.
- Dominica. North and Central America - Dominica. Island. Longitude: -61.3333. Latitude: 15.5000.
- Grenada. North and Central America - Grenada. Island. Longitude: -61.6667. Latitude: 12.1167.
- Grenadine Islands. West Indies - Lesser Antilles - Windward Islands. Island group. Longitude: -61.3333. Latitude: 12.5000.
- Guadeloupe. North and Central America - Guadeloupe. Island.
- Jamaica. North and Central America - Jamaica. Island. Longitude: -77.5000 . Latitude: 18.2500 .
- Liverpool. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Merseyside - Liverpool. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.0000. Latitude: 53.4167.
- London. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Greater London. Inhabited place. Longitude: -0.1667. Latitude: 51.5000.
- Martinique. North and Central America. Dependent state. Longitude: -61.0000. Latitude: 14.6667.
- Saint Lucia. North and Central America - Saint Lucia. Island. Longitude: -60.9667. Latitude: 13.8833.
- Saint Vincent. North and Central America - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Island.
- Tobago. North and Central America - Trinidad and Tobago. Island. Longitude: -60.6667. Latitude: 11.2500.
- West Indies. Archipelago.
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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