West India merchant - British Guiana (Colonial - Caribbean)
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Dissolution of the co-partnership in Demerara and Berbice trading under firm of Douglas, Gallaway 30th June last [i.e. 1819]. John Douglas; Arch. Douglas; Thos. D. Douglas; Colin Douglas; Andw. Gallaway 'for myself and as attorney for W. Campbell and George Lawson' [together, the partners in Demerary].
Colin Douglas, of the late firm of Douglas, Galloway [sic] and Co., advertised for creditors on Letter Kenny estate, situate on the Corentyn coast, to come forward in 1824.
Edinburgh Gazette 2778, 11/02/1820 p. 46.
London Gazette17989 03/01/1824 p. 14.
1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
