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Jamaica. North and Central America - Jamaica. Island. Longitude: -77.5000. Latitude: 18.2500.

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Letter of Jane Murray to her son John Murray., 1801.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 129-130
Scope and Contents

Letter concerning Jane Murray’s health, medical care administered to enslaved people and the management of Hopewell estate, St Thomas in the East parish, Jamaica.

Dates: 1801.

Letter of John Adinston to his brother., 1762

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Identifier: MS.50277 folios 1-5
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1762, with transcript, of John Adinston to his brother, possibly George Adinston, concerning a consignment of rum shipped from Jamaica and a request for clothing articles to be sent to Jamaica.

Dates: 1762

Letter of John Clark to his mother., 1780.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 79a-80a
Scope and Contents

Letter concerning Clark’s employment as a plantation overseer and his ownership of enslaved people.

Dates: 1780.

Letter of John Ferguson to Hugh Hamilton.

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Identifier: Acc.14204
Scope and Contents

On the management of the Pemberton sugar plantation in Jamaica.

Dates: 1786

Letter of John Wedderburn to James Smith.

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Identifier: Acc.14352
Scope and Contents

Sent from Jamaica, but mostly concerns Wedderburn's business interests in Scotland.

Dates: 1765.

Letter of Malcolm Laing to William Perrin.

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Identifier: Acc.14351
Scope and Contents

On the sale of the empty plantation at Retrieve Mountain and sugar transportation from Jamaica.

Dates: 1778.

Letter of William Ritchie to Robert Pitcairn., 1785.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 158-159
Scope and Contents

Concerning Rithcie’s job at Perth grammar school and the arrival of his acquaintance in Jamaica.

Dates: 1785.

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.

List of manuscripts of Scottish interest contained in the National Library of Jamaica with a list of Scottish place names in Jamaica., 1970s.

 File
Identifier: MS.50274
Scope and Contents

List of manuscripts of Scottish interest in the National Library of Jamaica (folio1).

List of Scottish place names in Jamaica (folio 38).

Dates: 1970s.

Papers of and concerning Margaret Macpherson Grant.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8054
Scope and Contents

Comprising cash books, accounts, legal documents, and correspondence, including letters concerning sugar estates in Jamaica owned by her.

Dates: 1848-1878.

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.

Papers of Lord Pitman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5297
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. travel journals, 1924 and circa 1930, concerning Jamaica and Italy

2. "Tatters: a Memoir", 1937

3. Noelle Reid "A Pleasant Walk to Music Land", 1931

4. letters to Lord Pitman.

Dates: 1924-1937.

Papers of the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9769
Scope and Contents

Concerns principally their estates in Fife and Lancashire, but includes material concerning the creation of the "Bibliotheca Lindesiana", the management of estates in Jamaica, and the literary, diplomatic, and political activities of the family.

Dates: 14th century to 20th century.