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Robert Paterson

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Biography

Slave-owner in Jamaica, and probably the author of Remarks on the present state of cultivation in Jamaica; the habits of the peasantry, and remedies suggested for the improvement of both (1843). The frontispiece identified Robert Paterson the author as 'A Resident Proprietor'.


Sources

Robert Paterson, Remarks on the present state of cultivation in Jamaica; the habits of the peasantry, and remedies suggested for the improvement of both (Edinburgh, 1843).

Associated Claims (3)

Jamaica St David 146 (Cedar Valley)
£3,576 10s 9d
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Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 476 (New Monkland)
£4,537 14s 10d
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Jamaica St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey 548 (Old Monkland)
£1,918 0s 1d
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Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1832 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
Cedar Valley (previously Monkland?) [ Jamaica | St David ]
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
New Monkland [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
Old Monkland [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-East, Surrey ]