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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3155/WH/2940
TitleVolume marked '63', labelled 'Confidential papers on the West India question'
DateJun 1823-Oct 1826
DescriptionDivided into sections, with contents as follows:
- Letters recording the meeting of the abolitionists with Mr Canning, Jun 1823
- Minutes of the abolitionists, meeting at Gloucester House, Feb 1824. Extracts from Lord Bathurst's letters to Wilmot Horton, 1824
- Copy Wilmot Horton letters to - and Mr Canning, Jan-Feb 1824
- Confidential lithograph of the West India committee deliberations, with a confidential memo from Maj Moody and Wilmot Horton's minute on this
- Letter to Mr Henry Drummond, Sep 1824
- Minute comparing the circular of the 9th July with the West India committee's recommendations
- Remarks on the Trinidad returns, 1825
- Private letters of Sir Ralph Woodford on the Order in Council, Feb 1826
- Differences between the Trinidad Order and the Demerara Ordinance, 1826
- Minutes on the state of the 'slave' [enslaved persons] question, 1825 and 1826
- Despatch and enclosure from Mr Ward to Mr (Secretary) Canning on sugar cultivation by free labour, addressed from Mexico, Mar 1826
- Minutes and correspondence addressed by Wilmot Horton to Lord Bathurst, Jan-Oct 1826
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorSir Robert John Wilmot Horton, baronet (1784-1841), Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837
Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire
Related MaterialSee D3155/WH/2760 for letters from George Canning, 1822-1827
See D3155/WH/2748-2749 for correspondence between Wilmot-Horton and Lord Bathurst, 1826-1828
See D3155/WH/2849 for letters from Major Thomas Moody, 1821-1831
See D3155/WH/2901 for letters from Sir Ralph Woodford
TermSlavery
Slaves
Abolition of slavery
Ethnic groups
Oppression
Resistance to oppression
Forced labour
Social reform
Archivist NoteThis catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 10 November 2022 KM

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Wilmot-Horton, formerly Wilmot; Sir; Robert John (1784-1841); of Catton Hall, baronet, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837
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