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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/16628
TitleMalcom Laing to Frances Perrin: to William Philp Perrin: reports on various suits; has been approached by someone interested in purchasing Blue Mountain; Laing believes the plantation to be worth £40,000 Jamaican currency, Retrieve Mountain was the site of Philp's copper mine which cost him £15-20,000 for "negroes", tools, and workmen from England, and made nothing.
Date12 Jan 1763
DescriptionOriginal withdrawn: for copy, see microfilm M784
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
FormatDocument
OriginalsOriginal withdrawn
CopiesMicrofilm M784
TermSlavery
Black peoples
Slaves
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
JamaicaCountry
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