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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3155/WH/2795
Title	Letters to Sir Robert John Wilmot, later Wilmot-Horton, from John Gladstone, MP, (1764-1851) merchant
Date	May 1822-Jan 1827
Description	Asks for information on the numbers of "negroes" killed under martial law, plus other matters relating to Demerara
Extent	1 file of 38 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Sir Robert John Wilmot Horton, baronet (1784-1841), Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837
Archive Creator	Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire
Format	Document
Related Material	See D3155/WH/2939 for other letters from Sir John Gladstone.
Term	Slavery
Term	Letters (documents)