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Showing posts with label Jamaica. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 09, 2010
St. Davids Jamaica 1801
Interesting three page letter from a W. Sutherland of Greenwall, St. Davids in Jamaica dated 30 September 1801 to a business associate in London dealing with his sugar estate and a bumper crop. Much of the letter on an indentured blacksmith, Morgan Jones, and how when his indenture was up, he settled at Morant Bay and "took to drinking and of course lost his health..."
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Saturday, May 09, 2009
Seth Chapman Letter Jamaica New York 1852
A letter from Seth Chapman in Jamaica New York to his son who is away at school. The letter is about school and also mentions a Ann and Libby and Lilly who are most likely sisters to the boy at school. Ebay Item number: 130305097499.
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