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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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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D239/M/E/17206-17207
Title
John Jaques to William Philp Perrin (with duplicate)
Date
16 Jul 1796
Description
Encloses a valuation of Affleck's "negroes" - total 141, £13255 Jamaican currency; the land of Affleck's totals 604 acres, and it contains good buildings and provisions; the dry weather has reduced the Blue Mountain crop to 205 shipping hogsheads; the rum has sold well - 111 puncheons at 7s. 6d. a gallon.
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2 items
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File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
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Type
Jamaica
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