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West lndies Trinidad and Jamaica

Shortages of food drave the establishment of plantations in the West lndies. Scots who migrated to the West lndies
farmed and held dose ties to Scotland. ln the West lndies they esta ished the trade of crops to Europe, the US and
Latin America.

6d rrnpaid
npaid Pa 'et Letter
rated manuscrip 6
Trinidad 25 September on
Corn ay via Grena
Carriacou & St in err
27 September, Barb
September, St. Thomas. Tuen
on Magdalena to Southampton
and London 1 0 ober
Edinbum 18 October recei

Tri:rûdad, è5 5ept.ernh6r, 1857-23 -

Reverse at 75%

ύ 0 rp:; F

1/- paid

Paid Packet Letter from
Dundee, Scotland
17 October, London
Royal Mail packet via
St. Thomas to Jamaica
4 November, Port
Maria.

To Port Maria, Jamaica, 16 October, 1866 -19 days