Lot 305
Lottery Plantation, Trelawny, Jamaica
Indenture, 15th April 1806
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Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
between Margaret Nicholson Cunninghame, John Bannatyne, merchant, Robert Findlay, doctor in divinity, William Cunninghame the younger of Lainslaw, trustees of the estate and effects of the said William Cunninghame deceased of the first part, Patrick Dougall of Port Glasgow of the second, Thomas Brunton of the town of Leith carrying on business under the firm of William Sibbald & Company of the fourth part and John Watson of Fortrose of the fifth part, Whereas by an indenture of Mortgage bearing date 1 September 1780 made between Neil Campbell of the Parish of Trelawney in the Island of Jamaica of the one part and Robert Dunmore, the said William Cunninghame of Lainshaw deceased, William Crawford, Thomas Crawford, William Ross, Francis Somerville and George Noble carrying out business at Glasgow under the firm of Robert Dunmore and Company... the said Neil Campbell having occasion to borrow a sum of money to carry on to advantage a certain plantation or sugar Work called the Lottery in the said parish of Trelawney in Jamaica of which he was then seized, the said Robert Dunmore Company had advanced and paid for the said Neil Campbell the sum of two thousand two hundred and five pounds and two shillings and four pence sterling... the said Neil Campbell had agreed to convey in Mortgage to the said Robert Dunmore and Company the several lands, tenements, slaves and accoutrements therein mentioned; with the names of the parties and uniform red wax 'seals' at foot, 60 x 68cm, folded
Footnote
Note: Robert Dunmore of Ballindalloch. Glasgow merchant, name partner in Robert Dunmore & Co. Bankrupt c. 1796 but an early investor in cotton and iron manufacturing in and around Glasgow. Among other involvements in slave-owership Robert Dunmore and his partners (William Cunningham or Cuninghame, Thomas Crawford, Adam Lightbody and Patrick Dougall) were shown as in possession of the Hermon Hill estate in St Mary Jamaica 1782-1788 and as mortgagees-in-possession of Union estate in St Mary 1785-1792. Both estates had belonged to Charles Kelsall. The firm was also a creditor of Alexander Findlater (q.v.) and bought his estate in 1784.