Papers of Duff family, Earls of Fife, known as Duff House (Montcoffer) papers, 1500-1960

Title: Papers of Duff family, Earls of Fife, known as Duff House (Montcoffer) papers, 1500-1960

Description: This very extensive family and estate archive of 1300 volumes, 1500 boxes and 533 plans incorporates 9 bundles of papers containing detailed information on the administration of the Lucky Hill and Friendship Estates of Gibson Dalzell and his successors in St Mary's Parish, Jamaica, during the period 1739-1789. Correspondence includes reports on unrest amongst slaves and political circumstances and accounts, bills of lading for sugar and molasses, slave lists and prices, estate plans and evaluation, land sales. Other correspondence throughout the collection comments on political, military and personal issues. The bundles of archival manuscripts and plans are located at Shelfmark MS3175 within the library's Historic Collections: specifically MS 3175/Z61; /Z183; /Z198; /Z204; Z208; /Z214; /Z216; /Z227; and /B2(56)1.

Strengths:

Size: 9 bundles of manuscripts and plans

Catalogue: Epixtech/Dynix Online Public Access Catalogue

Catalogue URL: http://webpac.qmlib.abdn.ac.uk/webpac.html

Main URL: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/

Access: The collection is open for consultation to all bona fide visitors on signing a register accepting conditions of use. All archival and most printed material is non-borrowable. Opening hours = Monday to Friday 0930 to 1630.

Acquisition dates: Deposited in 1984

Note:

Interest: Caribbean

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Trade

Sugar plantations

Sugar

Slavery

Plantation economy

Land tenure

Personal/Corporate names

Places

St Mary, Jamaica