| Description | Journal of Jonathan Troup: January 1790:
He saw a mulatto and negro dance including a little black girl of 13 months. He remarked that she is one of the first produce of Cabbrits: 'she drinks plenty of wine and is always attended by everybody'
Mr Laing promised to pay him until he gets his own cash
He made notes from Thomson's Seasons by Aitken - Spring and Winter
He was called to see a soldier stabbed by another soldier with a bayonet. The next day he remarked that the soldier is out of danger.
On the 4th he remarked that Dr Markham was ill and had taken calomel. On the 7th, he stated that Dr Markham was very sick.
He read the Gentleman's Magazine for 1788 and made notes from it
The principal estates of the area were given over to someone else therefore he was still thinking of going over to America via Martinique. He was, however, told that several estates would be his. He should have 11 estates and another would have the 4 principal estates. Troup estimated that he should have most of the white people. During the course of January, he got the [Seaman] estate, all of Fort Shirly and Prince Rupert's Quarter (14th), the late Governor Stewart's estates and the Piccard Estate
He visited the negro and military hospitals on several occasions throughout the month. On the 17th, he remarked that there were no negroes in hospital when there had been 17 the previous day. One Sunday, he says that there were no negroes in the hospital because it was Sunday. He gave an example of the way the negro hospital records are kept (job title - name - disease) and of the way the military hospital records were kept (name - disease). He also transcribed rules and orders to be kept by the sick men in the military hospital. Halfway through the month he remarked that there were 31 in the military hospital. The ague was the prevailing illness
He sent off his horse to Roseau and a few days later received a horse from Mr Smith in Roseau and a barrel of corn
He was called to see Mr Hodnet's whose negro was very ill
He described Major Lee's previous and current health problems. Later in the month Major Lee developed tertian ague
He collected curiosities
He was introduced to Burns who had 60 negroes
He received letter empowering him to act as doctor for 4 estates
Mr Lowry pistoled himself behind the ear - 3 balls in his head. An account he had charge of was lost and a trial was coming up
He treated Mr Haywood's boy for jaundice
He extracted teeth
He discussed medicine with Mr Gauld and remarked that he preferred Monro to Cullen
He visited Alleyn's and Baldwyne's Estates and treated a negro who was very sick with belly ache
He spoke to Dr Reid, Surgeon of the 60th Regiment. Dr Reid wanted Troup to make out a list of medicines wanted for the regiment. The following day, he gave Dr Reid the list
He also spoke with Surgeon Reid of the 3rd Battalion
He wrote a letter to Mr Jones of Antigua
He treated a negro who had cuts on his wrists given by another negro
He listed the prices of fruit and vegetables
He gave a dose of salts to a soldier recovering from fever. They purged him too much and brought the fever on again but he recovered
He treated a soldier who scratched his 'angle' after a mosquito bite. The soldier had also had lues venera
He got his room washed by George of the negro hospital
He described the uses of James' powders
He visited and described the late Governor Stewart's estate, the Source
He read the Spectator volumes 1-5 and made notes on love from the second volume
He described a disease that killed chicks hatched in winter
He listed the number of negroes on each estate
He told of a very confused dream about his 'lovely Mary Ford' and remarked that she was often in his thoughts and that he was certain of a conquest
He drew military rations from the 60th and wondered whether agues proceeded from the emptiness of their stomachs
He made notes on diseases and remedies
A Guard on the bay had deserted while the other two negro watchmen were asleep and one more was drunk. Troup described the lashing they got
He was urgently summoned to a woman in labour at Source Estate. The child was dead by the time he got there and the mother was in a bad way. He left the negro at Source estate with cold extremities and the placenta retained. He removed the placenta manually and ordered drugs for her but she died the following day
He went to Mr Alleyn's estate to see a child
He treated a corporal who fell over the battery while drunk at the fort
He remarked that the military were sickly with fever
He described how Captain Parkwood lost his arm
He visited Piccard Estate and described its situation. There are 90 or so negroes on the estate and sores and yaws are the main problems
He transcribed the contents of a letter on malt
He treated a man distracted by headache with fever
He remarked that the patients with flux better
He treated a man with a venereal case of [calcarcerous] buttons on his penis
He treated an infected finger
He treated a case of ague
He treated a case of consumption
He saw a negro boy with a headache
Mr Alleyne (whom he describes as a frank young Irishman) suggested he should have a shop in town for medicines. He had 70 negroes and Troup set the price for his service at 20 shillings per negro. He transcribed his letter to Alleyn in which he stated this
He attended the flogging of a soldier for attacking his senior. He was sentenced to 200 lashes but received 50
He described the negro dance he saw
The hospital was still very sickly - the infected finger was mostly better and there was one very ill with swimming in his head, faintness and lowness of spirits
He gave pills to Mr Gauld's Mulatto boy for worms
He had a number of negroes and soldiers in his room seeking advice
He had a letter from Mr Smith in Roseau which explained that Mr Bell's coldness was due to him falling drunk from his horse. Troup said 'I will return good for evil but nevertheless I will write a frank letter to Smith'
He described a row between Mr Laing and Mr Allyne (who is also a Justice of the Peace) regarding Laing's negro who was accused of cutting another
He describes how he extracted Mr Hodnett's teeth
Mr Murray advised him to write letters to gentlemen who had been 'so kind as to inform Dr Clark about me & tell so many damned lies'. He transcribed the very frank letters he had sent to Mr Ross and Mr Bell, along with Mr Bell's reply
He told the story of Mr Murray's negro who tethered a goat where it stole plantains. Mr Murray struck the rope off the goat and ran for a whip to punish the negro. He fell because he was drunk and meantime, the negro rode off
Captain Mackclean was hurt when the boards of a bridge gave way |