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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
E - Estate records - 1380-1940
C - Caribbean Estates - 1683-1898
B - Turners Hall Sugar Plantation, Barbados - 1721-1889
8 - Correspondence - 1721-1856
3 - Nineteenth-century Correspondence - 1816-1856
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D239/M/E/20579
Title
Copy letter from Sir Reynold Alleyne to Messrs. Nelson & Adam
Date
4 Dec 1823
Description
Explains why last year's crop was so low; this year's promises well; reports on the efforts of catchecists working amongst the 'negroes'; recommends Sir Henry to take the Barbadean newspaper to keep abreast of island politics; "a disgraceful rabble ... have levelled to the ground a Methodist chapel because the preacher was obnoxious to them.
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1 item
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Turners Hall sugar plantation, Barbados
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Copies
Microfilm M701
Term
Sugar plantations
Places
Place (click for further details)
Type
Barbados
Country
Turners Hall Plantation
Settlement
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