Douglas, Gallaway

Firm Details

People & Investments (6)

Partner

Thomas Dunlop Douglas

Partner

Archibald Douglas

Partner

John Douglas

Partner

Colin Douglas

Name partner

Andrew Gallaway

Local partner

George Lawson

Notes

Dissolution of the co-partnership in Demerara and Berbice trading under firm of Douglas, Gallaway 30th June last [i.e. 1819]. John Douglas; Arch. Douglas; Thos. D. Douglas; Colin Douglas; Andw. Gallaway 'for myself and as attorney for W. Campbell and George Lawson' [together, the partners in Demerary].
Colin Douglas, of the late firm of Douglas, Galloway [sic] and Co., advertised for creditors on Letter Kenny estate, situate on the Corentyn coast, to come forward in 1824.

Sources

Edinburgh Gazette 2778, 11/02/1820 p. 46.
London Gazette17989 03/01/1824 p. 14.

Further Information

People of Interest

Margaret Dunbar

1761 - ????

"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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