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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]

BOX - FitzHerbert family of Tissington: box-listed records - [18th-20th cent]

E - Estate records

C - Jamaica and Barbados Plantations - 1683-1898

1 - Correspondence of the attornies, James Laing and George Hamilton - 1820-1827

2 - Accounts of the attornies Laing & Hamilton - 1821-1827

3 - Correspondence of plantation overseers - 1825-1856

4 - Other West Indian correspondence - 1825-1845

5 - Correspondence and accounts primarily of the English merchants - 1753-1877

6 - General Estate Records - [c1800-late 19th cent]

1 - Jamaica - 1820-1878

2 - The Ship 'Lady Fitzherbert' - 1829-1834

3 - Emigration - 1834-1897

4 - General Correspondence - 1815-1866

23929 - Dr. H. E. Holder to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, enclosing copy of instructions to his attorney for the care of 'negroes' - 26 Oct 1815

23930 - Robert Ackroyd from Barbados to his uncle Thomas Ackroyd at Mayfield, near Ashbourne - 29 Jun 1821

23931 - Robert Ackroyd from Barbados to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, thanking him for the offer of a position at Turners Hall - 8 Jan 1822

23932 - John Shaw to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, offering to purchase Sir Henry's land in Carpenters Mountains, Jamaica. 16 December - 1822

23933 - Sir Neil Menzies to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, enquiring after John Livingstone, the son of one of Sir Neil's tenants, now dead, and believed to have been employed by Sir Henry in Jamaica. 10 Jan - 1825

23934 - John Ellis to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: will meet Sir Henry at Perrin's. 14 May - 1825

23935 - Lewis Harly to anon: has booked the best birth for Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 20 May - 1825

23936 - Rev. J. M. Trew to Charles Lewsey: as rector of St. Thomas in the East, welcomes the opportunity to work among the negroes on Blue Mountain; broaches the question of erecting a chapel on the estate - 7 Nov 1825

23937 - Printed copy of "resolutions passed by proprietors and other interested persons, for the promotion of the moral well-being of the slave population [of Jamaica]". - 6 Feb 1826

23938 - Rev. J. M. Trew to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: announces formation of local branch of the "Incorporated Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction of Negro Slaves." - 14 Feb 1826

23939 - William Bell from Blue Mountain to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: seeks re-employment, believing his dismissal from the plantation to be unjust. 6 May - 1826

23940 - Letter from J. C. Barker from Grenada to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: - 2 Aug 1826

23941 - Edward C. Cumberbatch from Barbados to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 27 August - 1826

23942 - Edward C. Cumberbatch from Barbados to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: 10 October - 1826

23943 - William Lugg from Falmouth to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: will take any messages etc. when he sails for Barbados and Jamaica. 18 October - 1826

23944 - Note of last wishes of Charles Lewsey - 15 Jan 1828

23945 - M. Cromartie from Barbados to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 23 May - 1828

23946-23947 - John H. Dickson from Perrins to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: seeks the position of overseer on the plantation - 7 Jul 1828

23948 - J. Raworth to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, defending his conduct on Blue Mountain. 11 November - 1828

23949 - Request for Sir Henry to contribute towards a new chapel in Kingston. 5 June - 1829

23950 - Rev. J. C. Barker from Grenada to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: thanks him for condolences on death of his wife dated 5 Dec [no year given] - [1820s]

23951 - Edward C. Cumberbatch to Sir Henry FitzHerbert - 26 Feb 1830

23952 - John Smith from London to Sir Henry FitzHerbert - 23 Mar 1830

23953 - Dr. Robert Downer from Jamaica to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: 7 October - 1830

23954 - Dr. Robert Downer from Jamaica to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 6 Apr - 1831

23955 - Rev. J. C. Barker from Grenada to Sir Henry FitzHerbert; has married again; hopes to return to England. 4 May - 1831

23956 - J. S. G. Harrison from Snelston Hall to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, asking for enquiries to be made about a relation in Jamaica. 13 October - 1832

23957 - Charles Boothby from Ashbourne Hall to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: soliciting help in Jamaica for a friend. 23 October - 1832

23958 - Miss MacKenzie from Morant Bay to Sir Henry FitzHerbert at Blue Mountain, Jamaica. 23 December - 1832

23959 - Patrick Hegerty to Sir Henry FitzHerbert at Blue Mountain: `my grievances are too great and my complaints are innumerable against Mr. Mahon to be committed to paper, not to say accord against Mr. Lucy who turned me adrift without a friend after bringing me 1100 miles from Barbados...' - 26 Dec 1832

23960 - Kenneth Macpherson to Sir Henry FitzHerbert at Blue Mountain [Jamaica] - 28 Dec 1832

23961 - Sarah Sutherland to Sir Henry FitzHerbert at Blue Mountain. 1 Jan - 1833

23962 - Kenneth Macpherson to Sir Henry FitzHerbert - 5 Jan 1833

23963-23964 - Letter of introduction for Sir Henry FitzHerbert from Mr. J. Grosett - 7 Jan 1833

23965 - Charles Scott to Dr. Andrew Cooke: letter of introduction for William Sproat [later overseer of Blue Mountain]. 11 Jan - 1833

23966 - James Johnson from Morant Bay to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: wishes to rent part of Grange Hill. 12 Jan - 1833

23967 - Philip Brown from Morant Bay to Sir Henry FitzHerbert at Blue Mountain: 16 Jan - 1833

23968-23973 - Correspondence to Sir Henry FitzHerbert - Jan-Mar 1833

23974 - Alexander Bravo to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, proposing terms for purchase of Sir Henry's steam engine at Grange Hill. 28 Mar - 1833

23975 - Edward Leacroft to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 3 Apr - 1833

23976 - Edward B. Blackburn from Mauritius to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 28 December - 1833

23977 - Mr. MacAndrew to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, reporting arrival of the ship `Lady FitzHerbert' off Liverpool. 2 May - 1834

23978 - Mr. Marshall from Morant Bay to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: thanks Sir Henry for his help in settling him at Blue Mountain; the negroes are working better under the new system than under the old; Dr. Cooke is an ardent supporter of emigration and the introduction of European labour. 8 June - 1835

23979 - Letters from Robert G. Bruce and his brother from Vere to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. August - 1835

23980 - Elizabeth Robertson from Morant Bay to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, complaining of damage to road leading from Blue Mountain to her pen. 10 Mar - 1837

23981 - Mr. Hendy from Jamaica to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, offering his services as attorney in place of Dr. Cooke. 12 Mar - 1837

23982 - S. H. Cooke from the Rectory, Morant Bay, to the Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 29 July - 1837

23983 - H. Lewsey to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: has returned to England from Barbados; seeks employment. 16 October - 1837

23984 - G. Codrington to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: repeating a desire first expressed in 1836, to rent part of Grange Hill. 19 Mar - 1838

23985 - Letter from London Missionary Society requesting facilities for a school at Blue Mountain - 29 Apr 1839

23986-23988 - Announcement of formation of Jamaican Association by proprietors - [c1838]

23989 - Letter from the Association of Jamaica Proprietors urging payment of any quitrents in arrears. 4 July - 1839

23990 - H. G. Marshall from Morant Bay to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, offering his services in place of Dr. Cooke. 9 Apr/4 May - 1842

23991 - Rev. S. W. Cooke from Morant Bay to Sir Henry FitzHerbert requesting the use of a building at Blue Mountain as a school. 30 June - 1843

23992 - Note of arrival in London of two kegs of tamarinds. 12 September - 1844

23993 - Warehouse circular - 1844

23994 - Charles Boothby to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 14 Mar - 1844

23995 - John W. Ward from Vere to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: offering himself as attorney for Perrin's. 23 Mar - 1847

23996 - William Lewsey from Turners Hall, Barbados, to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 13 August - 1847

23997 - Michael Corbin from Turners Hall to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: 6 September - 1847

23998 - Henry Fellowes to Sir Henry FitzHerbert. 6 November - 1847

23999 - A. Chrichton to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: as proprietor of an estate near Blue Mountain seeks Sir Henry's views on the plan for a central sugar factory. 31 Jan - 1848

24000-24009 - Miscellaneous correspondence - 1849-1866

24010-24021 - Letters from Francis Wheatley of Belper to Sir Henry FitzHerbert seeking help over property in the West Indies which he claimed to have inherited - 1845-1849

5 - Family Papers - 1825-[late 19th cent]

6 - Miscellaneous Papers - [c1800]-1897

7 - Boston Plantation (Jamaica) - 1777-1861

7 - Re-deposited items - 1790-1849

B - Turners Hall Sugar Plantation, Barbados - 1721-1889

J - Jamaican Plantations - 1683-1878

M - FitzHerbert of Tissington: records - [12th-20th cent]

UL - FitzHerbert family of Tissington: unlisted records

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