Jamaica v Scotland, 1837
Eunice Shanahan
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This letter from the past is about emigrant Scots in the West Indies. It came from Mr Paterson, Jamaica, 9th Decr. 1837 and was addressed to James Murray Esqr, Advocate Aberdeen.
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The situation of Morant Bay (based on the map of Jamaica from Encyclopaedia Britannica) |
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