1810s antique MOUNT GREENAN ESTATE ship mail ST VINCENT PLANTATION 28pc LETTERS

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1810s antique MOUNT GREENAN ESTATE ship mail ST VINCENT PLANTATION 28pc LETTERS :
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1810s antique MOUNT GREENAN ESTATE ship mail ST VINCENT PLANTATION 28pc LETTERS
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Remarkable archive of early 19th century Caribbean plantation correspondence.

27 letters, 1810s–1820s, mostly written from the Mount Greenan sugar estate, St. Vincent, by William Smith to family in Banffshire, Scotland. Includes several from Dominica and a few later U.K. family letters into the 1860s.

Postal history: many retain integral address panels with SHIP LETTER handstamps, wax seals, and one with a scarce St. Vincent circular date stamp (1820).

Content: vivid accounts of plantation life, financial remittances (enclosing bills of exchange of £50–£100), shipping news, family updates, health concerns, and struggles managing the plantation workforce and field labor. Several letters describe serious unrest among workers and the extreme difficulty of maintaining discipline on the estate.

Research value: these letters provide rare first-hand documentation of sugar production in St. Vincent and Dominica during the early 19th century, alongside the Scottish-Caribbean mercantile connection. Institutions and collectors prize this kind of material for its detail on transatlantic finance, shipping, and plantation society.

Condition: generally very good for period; folds, toning, and expected wear, but legibility remains strong. Many covers with seals and postal strikes present.

Plantation provenance (Mount Greenan, St. Vincent, Dominica)

Early 1800s Caribbean sugar trade

“Labor unrest,” “field work,” “plantation workforce”

Postal history (“Ship Letter” handstamps, St. Vincent date stamp)

Scottish-Caribbean mercantile family connection

Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.

CONDITION: Highly historic content. Some letters with tears. See listing description and photos.

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