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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D239/M/E/20570 |
| Title | Sir John Gay Alleyne from Barbados to Lady Sarah FitzHerbert |
| Date | 3 Mar 1795 |
| Description | Earth movements on Turners Hall have not had the detrimental affect once supposed; but three 'negroes' have died from eating putrid flesh |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Turners Hall sugar plantation, Barbados |
| FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
| Originals | Originals withdrawn |
| Copies | A digital copy of this item (taken from the microfilm M/701). is available on the public computers at the record office. |
| Term | Sugar plantations |
| British Empire |
| Colonialism |