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From: Lisa Blansett <>
Subject: [Scotch-Irish] [Fwd: Janet Schaw Family]
Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 17:54:19 -0400

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Lisa Blansett wrote:

> I will be doing research in the Caribbean this summer for a book I'm
> working on that focuses on eighteenth-century British involvement in the
>
> area. My first task is tracking down the real-life figures in Janet
> Schaw's Journal
> of a Lady of Quality, the travel journal of a Scottish woman (sailed on
> the Jamaica Packet) whose
> family had plantations (and slaves) on Antigua; she also travelled to
> Nevis and St. Kitts to visit friends. Her journal
> focuses on 1774-77. I'm interested in finding the passenger list of the
> crossing she made, wills, deeds, lists of
> slaves held, and other documents that would be associated with the
> family's (or contemporary) plantations.
>
> I hope you can help me with research sources for the Schaw family.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Lisa Blansett
> Assistant Professor of English
> Florida International University
> State University System of Florida

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I will be doing research in the Caribbean this summer for a book I'm
working on that focuses on eighteenth-century British involvement in the

area. My first task is tracking down the real-life figures in Janet
Schaw's Journal
of a Lady of Quality, the travel journal of a Scottish woman (sailed on
the Jamaica Packet) whose
family had plantations (and slaves) on Antigua; she also travelled to
Nevis and St. Kitts to visit friends. Her journal
focuses on 1774-77. I'm interested in finding wills, deeds, lists of
slaves held, and other documents that would be associated with the
family's (or contemporary) plantations.

I hope you can help me with research sources for the Schaw family.

Kind Regards,

Lisa Blansett
Assistant Professor of English
Florida International University
State University System of Florida

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