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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/16723
TitleMalcom Laing to to William Philp Perrin: Perrin will have heard of the loss of the `Earl of Halifax'; to prevent future problems "you may insure 300 hogsheads of sugar from Blue Mountain this year on any ships loading at Morant Bay or Port Morant, more or less"; Blue Mountain is thriving, its "negroes" happy and contented; the plantation could produce 400 hogsheads in 1773, but more "negroes" will be required, as they will at Grange Hill, has not liked to move any "negroes" from Vere.
Date25 Mar 1771
DescriptionOriginal withdrawn: for copy, see microfilm M784
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
OriginalsOriginal withdrawn
CopiesMicrofilm M784
TermSlavery
Black peoples
Slaves
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
JamaicaCountry
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