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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/20568
TitleSir John Gay Alleyne from Barbados to Lady Sarah FitzHerbert
Date20 Sep 1793
DescriptionAdvises insurance on produce to be shipped; the price of rum on the home market has been very good; requests news of Derbyshire friends - the Meynells, Mrs. Mundy, Mrs. Coke, Mr. Gell, and Lord and Lady Scarsdale at Kedleston "where I learn they have the finest mansion in the kingdom"
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorTurners Hall sugar plantation, Barbados
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
OriginalsOriginals withdrawn
CopiesA digital copy of this item (taken from the microfilm M/701). is available on the public computers at the record office.
TermSugar plantations
British Empire
Colonialism
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
BarbadosCountry
Turners Hall PlantationSettlement
West IndiesRegion
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