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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/16580
TitleMalcom Laing to Frances Perrin: her husband died at Grange Hill on 21 Feb; : gives detailed report on the Vere and Forest plantations; the library at Vere has been totally destroyed by wood ants, and most of Perrin's papers eaten away; Laing has caught John Gordon, overseer of Blue Mountain, defrauding Perrin; has ordered various shipments of sugar and coffee.
Date11 May 1759
DescriptionOriginal withdrawn: for copy, see microfilm M784
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
FormatDocument
OriginalsOriginal withdrawn
CopiesMicrofilm M784
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