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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/16773
TitleMalcom 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 ..."
DescriptionMicrofilmed M784
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
CopiesMicrofilm M784
TermSlavery
Black peoples
Slaves

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Fickle; Elizabeth (c1736-1776); free "Mulatto" woman
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