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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D239/M/E/16730 |
| Title | Malcom Laing to to William Philp Perrin: is still trying to settle the dispute over some Blue Mountain land claimed by a neighbouring planter; advizes against making Retrieve a coffee plantation, but will see that land is cleared at Grange Hill and some coffee planted; feels it is better to buy young "negroes" rather than children; has given overseers strict instructions about keeping plantation books. |
| Date | 27 Nov 1771 |
| Description | Microfilmed M784 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
| Copies | Microfilm M784 |
| Term | Slavery |
| Black peoples |
| Slaves |