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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
      - 17 - Correspondence of plantation overseers - 1770-1819

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D239/M/E/17817-17818
Title	William Sutherland to William Philp Perrin (with duplicate): purchase of Dr. Affleck's "negroes" and land for Grange Hill; quotes from a letter from the overseer of Grange Hill about the negroes; the past year has been the driest in living memory, and the crops have suffered accordingly. Blue Mountain would benefit from a cattle mill to combat such drought; has purchased 1000 plants of Otaheite canes from Antigua
Date	6 May 1796
Extent	2 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Originals	D239 M/E 17817 original withdrawn
Copies	A copy of D239/M/E/17817 item is available to view on microfilm, reference M/785.
Term	Slavery
	Black peoples
	Slaves

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