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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 44 Collections and/or Records:

Letter of James Innes to Robert Scollay., 1791.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 38-39
Scope and Contents

Concerning the health of family members and the remittance of money.

Dates: 1791.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies. / Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.

Letter of James Innes to Robert Scollay., 1793.

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Identifier: MS.50277 folios 42-43
Scope and Contents

Concerning the death of his mother, his purchase of enslaved people and the rebellion in St Domingo.

Dates: 1793.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies. / Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

Letter of John Adinston to his brother., 1762

 Item
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
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

Letter of John Pitcairn to Robert Pitcairn., 1766.

 Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 152-153
Scope and Contents

Concerning Robert Pitcairn’s debts and goods shipped to Jamaica from Dundee.

Dates: 1766.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies. / Letters of, to and concerning the Pitcairn family and letters of James Cochran to John Hogg.

Letter of William Ritchie to Robert Pitcairn., 1785.

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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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies. / Letters of, to and concerning the Pitcairn family and letters of James Cochran to John Hogg.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.

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
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

Photographic slides of Jamaica [J]., 1957-1971.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10605/41-49
Dates: 1957-1971.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photographic slides concerning missionary activities of the Church of Scotland, Department of World Mission and Unity. / Photographic slides.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary papers of Stuart MacGregor. / Poetry of Stuart MacGregor.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

Script for a photograph lecture concerning Jamaica., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.10472/15
Dates: Undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photographic plates, prints, slides and film strips, with related scripts, correspondence and catalogues of the Church of Scotland Department of World Mission and Unity, concerning missionary activities, mostly in Africa. / Photographic plates and prints, with scripts for talks relating to photographs. / Scripts for talks on photographs.

Script for 'Background to Jamaica', to accompany a film strip., Undated.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10472/88
Dates: Undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Photographic plates, prints, slides and film strips, with related scripts, correspondence and catalogues of the Church of Scotland Department of World Mission and Unity, concerning missionary activities, mostly in Africa. / Film strips and slide sets, with accompanying audio tapes and scripts. / Scripts, mostly to accompany film strips and slide sets.

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.

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