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D3155 - Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton - [late 13th cent]-1985
- WH - Wilmot-Horton - 1301-1985
  - D - Bound volumes of letters (3rd series) - 1676-1838

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3155/WH/2941
Title	Confidential papers on the West India question
Date	1827
Description	1 hard-backed volume, containing largely copy items, Sep-Nov 1827. Divided into sections (as D3155/WH 2940) with contents as follows:- Printed statements of proceedings and correspondence relating to compulsory manumission (see D3155/WH 2938) Precis of Ld Bathurst's correspondence with Demerara, Oct 1827 Private letter (with reply) from Wilmot Horton to W Smith, MP, Oct 1827 Minutes relating to conversations with Mr Macdonnell - author of `Observations on Negro Slavery' and secretary to the Demerara and Berbice Association, Oct 1827 Queries addressed to Mr D Power by James Innes, with replies, Oct 1827 Mr Jabez Henry's opinion (see D3155/WH 2813) on the Spanish law of Manumission, with remarks on Mr Adams' speech, Nov 1827 Lord Bexley's communication to the Council, Nov 1827, relating to the Demerara and Berbice manumission Order in Council Lithograph copy letters to W Smith MP (see above) and to Mr Buxton (see D3155/WH 2757) Oct-Nov 1827 Correspondence with the Attorney-General from Wilmot Horton (copies), Oct-Nov 1827 Copy letter, Maj Moody (see D3155/WH 2849) to Wilmot Horton, Nov 1827 Proofs referring to Wilmot Horton's letters to the Attorney-General, containing references to other ministerial statements and letters Copy letters to Mr Buxton (with enclosures) Nov 1827, James Stephen (with reply) Nov 1827, Major Moody Nov 1827 Queries to the West Indians - witnesses required before the Privy Council Mr Amyot's answers to Mr Macaulay's suggestions relating to evidence from the Registry Office, Nov 1827 Minutes of Wilmot Horton taken at the Privy Council, with Lord Bexley's answers Copy letter from Col Young (? see D3155/WH 2903) to Wilmot Horton, Sep 1827 Newspaper extract received from Mr Drummond
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
Term	Slavery
	Slave emancipation
	Black peoples
	Slaves
	Forced labour
	Oppression
	Ethnic groups
	British Empire