Summary Information

Title: Jacob Aemilius Irving letterbooks
Creator: Irving, Jacob Aemilius
Inclusive dates: 1809-1816
Extent: 3 volumes (518 pages)
Abstract:

The Irving collection consist of three volumes of outgoing correspondence written from Liverpool, England, and Jamaica, 1809-1816. These volumes are a resource for understanding the mentality of a Jamaican sugar planter during the years following the cessation of the British slave trade.

Language: The material is in English
Repository: William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan