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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/16730
TitleMalcom Laing to to William Philp Perrin: is still trying to settle the dispute over some Blue Mountain land claimed by a neighbouring planter; advizes against making Retrieve a coffee plantation, but will see that land is cleared at Grange Hill and some coffee planted; feels it is better to buy young "negroes" rather than children; has given overseers strict instructions about keeping plantation books.
Date27 Nov 1771
DescriptionMicrofilmed M784
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
CopiesMicrofilm M784
TermSlavery
Black peoples
Slaves
Places
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JamaicaCountry
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