West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
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The failure of the Greenock West India firm of Campbelll, Ruthven & Lindsay was the subject of the case of Campbell v McNair (1805) in which it was alleged the firm had been undermined by its London agent Learmonth & Lindsay
Reports of cases decided in the House of lords: upon appeal from Scotland from 1753 to 1813 By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, John Craigie, John Shaw Stewart, Thomas S. Paton Vol. V (1855) pp. 48-59.
1801 - 25th Nov 1880
English clergyman, resident in Jamaica from 1827 but returning to England with his Jamaican-born wife and children six years later.
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.
