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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
E - Estate records - 1380-1940
C - Caribbean Estates - 1683-1898
J - Jamaican Plantations - 1683-1878
15 - Correspondence of the Jamaican attornies - 1759-1804
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OFFENSIVE 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/16998-16999
Title
Jaques and Fisher to William Philp Perrin: (with duplicate): recommend erecting a windmill at Blue Mountain, the more especially as a Mr. Shirley is disputing the water supply to the present mill; have agreed with Sutherland for the hire of 40 of his "negroes" at £360 a year; the supply of flour from America has been hit by the trade being confined solely to British bottoms.
Date
7 Oct 1783
Description
For copy, see microfilm M784
Extent
2 items
Level
File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Copies
Microfilm M784
Term
Slavery
Black peoples
Slaves
Places
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Type
Jamaica
Country
United States of America
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