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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
E - Estate records - 1380-1940
C - Caribbean Estates - 1683-1898
J - Jamaican Plantations - 1683-1878
15 - Correspondence of the Jamaican attornies - 1759-1804
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D239/M/E/16773
Title
Malcom Laing to William Philp Perrin: explains various items in his accounts; 16 hogsheads of Grange Hill sugars were lost when a lighter sank; advizes against putting new "negroes" on Retrieve; Elizabeth Fickle is willing to leave the settlement of her legacy to Perrin: "she has lived with me as a housekeeper since your father's death and always beheaved well and been very servicable in your father's affairs from her knowledge of all your "negroes" and estates ..."
Description
Microfilmed M784
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1 item
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Copies
Microfilm M784
Term
Slavery
Black peoples
Slaves
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Fickle; Elizabeth (c1736-1776); free "Mulatto" woman
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Jamaica
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