1856 Jamaican Land Letter - Historical Handwritten Document from St. Jago de la Vega #2095434 (License: Personal Use)

The document is a folded, aged sheet of paper with sepia-toned ink and visible water stains, dated May 14, 1856, and signed from St. Jago de la Vega (Spanish Town), Jamaica. It contains detailed geographic directions to a property near “Society Hill,” later called “Cherry Garden,” including measurements for a porch, chist (chest), and contents such as 250+ pistol parts and double-barrel firearms. The writer urges immediate action and references prior correspondence, suggesting urgency and strategic importance.

Used in historical archives, digital museum exhibits, or genealogical research pages focused on Caribbean colonial history, Jamaican estates, or 19th-century correspondence; targets researchers, historians, and descendants seeking primary source material.