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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/17206-17207
TitleJohn Jaques to William Philp Perrin (with duplicate)
Date16 Jul 1796
DescriptionEncloses 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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LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
OriginalsOriginals withdrawn
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