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24 letters of John Cunningham and Colin MacLarty, both in Jamaica, to friends and relatives at Greenock.
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Identifier: Acc.7285-is now MS.50258
Scope and Contents
Discussing the effects of fever and commenting on the anti-slavery campaign of Wilberforce.
Dates:
1772-1801.
Letters from Jamaica of John Clark, John Cunningham and Colin MacLarty to friends and relatives at Greenock.
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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.