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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:

Photocopies of correspondence of Scottish settlers and traders in Jamaica., 1699-1846.

 File
Identifier: MS.50276
Scope and Contents Letter, 1813, of Rear Admiral W Brown to Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville, concerning naval protection for the West India trade (folio 1).Letter, 1795, of Bryan Edwards to Henry Dundas concerning the Haitian Revolution and a possible British invasion of St Domingo (folio 8).Letter, 1762, of Alan Cameron to an unnamed correspondent concerning a possible meeting in Port au Prince (folio 9).Letter, 1735, of Henry Cunningham to Spencer Compton, Viscount...
Dates: 1699-1846.

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.

Photocopies of papers of Graham of Airth family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6307
Scope and Contents

Including:

1. correspondence, 1762-1820, of Ann Graham, with some other Graham family letters

2. memoirs of James Graham

3. "View of the Sums Received from the Estate of Ardoch Penn, Jamaica", 1828.

Dates: 1762-1828.

Photocopies of the correspondence of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres., 1795-1796.

 File
Identifier: MS.50273
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1795-1796, of the Earl of Balcarres to Henry Dundas, the Duke of Portland and unnamed correspondents concerning possible French influence in Jamaica, the salary of the Governor of Jamaica and the Second Maroon War (folios 1-22).

Dates: 1795-1796.

Photocopies of the correspondence of the Fyffe family., 1750-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.50275
Scope and Contents Letters, 1807-18, of Anne Fyffe to James Fyffe concerning the sale of Drumgeith estate near Dundee, the management of Forest estate in Jamaica, the sale of enslaved people and family news (folio 1).Letter, 1802, of Charles Fyffe to James Fyffe concerning Charles Fyffe’s imminent departure from Scotland (folio 95).Letters, 1750-1778, of David Fyffe to his cousin Elizabeth Fyffe and unnamed cousins concerning his purchase of a sugar plantation, a murder perpetrated by...
Dates: 1750-1821.

Photograph of a painting by J Mérigot of Roaring River Estate, Jamaica.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folio 128
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a painting of Roaring River estate, Jamaica.

Dates: 1742-1841

Photograph of painting by J Mérigot of Roaring River Estate, Jamaica.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6202-is now MS.50277 folio 128
Dates: circa 1772-circa 1791.

Poems of Stuart MacGregor relating to Jamaica., 1972.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9392/34-36
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of novels, plays, poems and short stories, with some correspondence and other writings.

Dates: 1972.

Power of Attorney on behalf of Gavin and Eliza Cordiner for compensation for formerly enslaved people, 1836.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 118-119
Scope and Contents

Power of attorney of Gavin and Eliza Cordiner (misspelled Cordner) concerning a compensation claim for formerly enslaved people.

Dates: 1836.

Two lists of formerly enslaved people on the East Prospect Estate, Jamaica., 1841.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 160-161
Scope and Contents

List of formerly enslaved people on East Prospect estate, Jamaica.

Dates: 1841.