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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.
Medical Journal of Dr Normand Morison.
File
Identifier: MS.50263
Scope and Contents
A recipe for gunpowder (folio i).Case notes, 1729-1730, possibly written at Glasgow Infirmary (folios 1-19).Sketch financial accounts and copy letters, 1740s, of Normand Morison to Normand MacLeod, Daniel MacLeod and John Nicolson concerning the export of linen and import of tobacco, sugar and rum between New England, Glasgow and the Western Isles (folios 20-28).Copy letters, 1740s, of Normand Morison to unnamed relatives concerning emigration from the...
Dates:
1729-1759.
Papers of and concerning the Holden family of Baldovie; with a document concerning Thomas Greig, and with genealogical notes on the Guthries of Guthrie.
File
Identifier: MS.50266
Scope and Contents
Documents, 1753, concerning the clandestine marriage of Abraham Holden and Elizabeth Barclay (folios 1-4).Letters and documents, 1759-1776, of and to John Holden concerning Richard Holden's death, the sale of Scottish goods in West Africa, instructions for a survery and a bond (folios 6-13).Letters of Richard Holden (fl 1747-circa 1761), 1747-1758, of Richard Holden to his father and brothers concerning slaving voyages and the sale of enslaved people (folios...
Dates:
1717-1822.
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.