West India merchant (Colonial - Caribbean)
This is tentative. The partner might have been a different Alex. Campbell
Dissolution of Alex. & James Campbell & Co. of Copthall Court 30th April 1835; all debtors owing and due to A.G. Milne jun., authorised to receive all consignments. James Campbell, Mungo Campbell, Mungo Campbell jun,. representing the firm of John Campbell sen. & Co. Of Glasgow.
London Gazette 19273 26/5/1835 p. 6 [from Edinburgh Gazette May 15 1835]
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.
