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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8317/3/1
TitleLetters to John Turney (1751-1825) at Sedgbrook, Grantham, from his brother, Benjamin (1755-1837), at Golden Grove, Jamaica
Date8 Aug 1784-4 Oct 1785
DescriptionIncluding accounts of hurricanes in 1784 and 1785
Extent2 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGould family of Pilsbury (parish of Hartington) and Sheen, Staffordshire and Turney family of Lincolnshire and London
Administrative HistoryGolden Grove was established as a sugar plantation in 1734 by the then Attorney General of Jamaica, Andrew Arcedeckne (1780-1849)
Administrative History SourcesB. W. Higman 'Plantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy', p. 168. Published 2005, by University of the West Indies Press (as referenced on Wikipedia: "Golden Grove, Jamaica", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Grove,_Jamaica, accessed 25 Apr 2024).
FormatDocument
TermWeather
Cyclones
Sugar plantations
Letters (documents)
Travel abroad
British Empire
Colonialism
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
JamaicaCountry
Golden Grove PlantationSettlement
West IndiesRegion
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