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igration: Caribbean Jamaica

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1 paid
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Kingsto~
Jamaica
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reverse transit

Ki:ng:ston, Jamaica, ,8 May, 1.837-53 da
Paid packe letter, d inland letter due Li erpool to 1
pa 'et departure 16 Jul recei ed.
"I 'm hapJJY ta tnfonn you of die change in weather ... the profits you will appreciate.

5 Yz unpaid

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tax mark
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Kingston, Jamaica, 8 July, 1839 -36 days
Double letter rate 1/2d rate for letter with enclosures, plus double 1/7d inland rate to Elgin
and single Vid mail tax transit 13 August Edinburgh and onward to Elgin.
Extends known date of 1hd Falmouth mail tax marking

ln the 1837 letter, at top, the sender tells of his coffee plantation: advancing crops, good rain, and he report of his profits.