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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/20570
TitleSir John Gay Alleyne from Barbados to Lady Sarah FitzHerbert
Date3 Mar 1795
DescriptionEarth movements on Turners Hall have not had the detrimental affect once supposed; but three 'negroes' have died from eating putrid flesh
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OriginalsOriginals withdrawn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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