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CONTENT WARNINGOFFENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE This catalogue and the archives it describes contain highly offensive and oppressive language. Some of the language has been included in the catalogue description to publicly reflect the attitudes of the time the records were written.
Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/20985-21067a
TitleSeries of lengthy letters from Charles Lewsey to Sir Henry FitzHerbert; reporting on conditions at Blue Mountain, Vere (Perrins), and Grange Hill
Date1825-1827
DescriptionIncluding plan of still at Blue Mountain (D239/M/E/20988); copy of list of lands in the parish of St. Thomas-in-the East belonging to W. P. Perrin (D239/M/E/20989); Blue Mountain estate journal, June-July 1825 (D239/M/E/20990); plan of boiling house at Blue Mountain (D239/M/E/20995); Grange Hill accounts, 1822-25 (D239/M/E/21005-21006); account with John and George Ivers, 1826 (D239/M/E/21015); copy agreement to rent out land from Grange Hill, 1825 (D239/M/E/21016); note of sales of produce in Kingston, 1825 (D239/M/E/21017); increase and decrease of 'slaves' [enslaved African peoples] and stock on Perrin's (Vere), 1825 (D239/M/E/21030); account with John and George Ivers, 1826 (D239/M/E/21033); plan of part of Grange Hill (D239/M/E/21036); diagram of new method of digging cane holes (D239/M/E/21037); statement of acreage under crop on Perrin's (Vere), 1826 (D239/M/E/21040); account with John and George Ivers, 1827 (D239/M/E/21041); series ends with death of Charles Lewsey in 1827

Originals withdrawn: for copy, see Microfilm M786

Includes the following originals:

Letter from Charles Lewsey, Kingston to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, London 24 January 1826 (D239/M/E/21002).

Letter from Charles Lewsey, Jamica to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, Tissington Hall, Derbyshire 2 July 1826 (D239/M/E/21032).

Letter from Charles Lewsey, Jamica to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, London 16 April 1826 (D239/M/E/21067a).
Extent84 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
Custodial HistoryD239/M/E/21002, D239/M/E/21032 and D239/M/E/21067a (and many others) were withdrawn by the depositor and sold as part of a philatelic sale in 1988. They were returned to the collection in June 2026 having been purchased by Derbyshire Record Office from a member of the public.
FormatMicrofilm
Document
OriginalsOriginals withdrawn
CopiesMicrofilm M786
TermSlavery
Slaves
Ethnic groups
Forced labour
Oppression
Archivist NoteThis catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM
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