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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/2940
Title	Volume marked '63', labelled 'Confidential papers on the West India question'
Date	Jun 1823-Oct 1826
Description	Divided into sections, with contents as follows: - Letters recording the meeting of the abolitionists with Mr Canning, Jun 1823 - Minutes of the abolitionists, meeting at Gloucester House, Feb 1824. Extracts from Lord Bathurst's letters to Wilmot Horton, 1824 - Copy Wilmot Horton letters to - and Mr Canning, Jan-Feb 1824 - Confidential lithograph of the West India committee deliberations, with a confidential memo from Maj Moody and Wilmot Horton's minute on this - Letter to Mr Henry Drummond, Sep 1824 - Minute comparing the circular of the 9th July with the West India committee's recommendations - Remarks on the Trinidad returns, 1825 - Private letters of Sir Ralph Woodford on the Order in Council, Feb 1826 - Differences between the Trinidad Order and the Demerara Ordinance, 1826 - Minutes on the state of the 'slave' [enslaved persons] question, 1825 and 1826 - Despatch and enclosure from Mr Ward to Mr (Secretary) Canning on sugar cultivation by free labour, addressed from Mexico, Mar 1826 - Minutes and correspondence addressed by Wilmot Horton to Lord Bathurst, Jan-Oct 1826
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
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
Related Material	See D3155/WH/2760 for letters from George Canning, 1822-1827 See D3155/WH/2748-2749 for correspondence between Wilmot-Horton and Lord Bathurst, 1826-1828 See D3155/WH/2849 for letters from Major Thomas Moody, 1821-1831 See D3155/WH/2901 for letters from Sir Ralph Woodford
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Abolition of slavery
	Ethnic groups
	Oppression
	Resistance to oppression
	Forced labour
	Social reform
Archivist Note	This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 10 November 2022 KM