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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
E - Estate records - 1380-1940
C - Caribbean Estates - 1683-1898
J - Jamaican Plantations - 1683-1878
15 - Correspondence of the Jamaican attornies - 1759-1804
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D239/M/E/16723
Title
Malcom Laing to to William Philp Perrin: Perrin will have heard of the loss of the `Earl of Halifax'; to prevent future problems "you may insure 300 hogsheads of sugar from Blue Mountain this year on any ships loading at Morant Bay or Port Morant, more or less"; Blue Mountain is thriving, its negroes happy and contented; the plantation could produce 400 hogsheads in 1773, but more negroes will be required, as they will at Grange Hill, has not liked to move any negroes from Vere.
Date
25 Mar 1771
Description
Original withdrawn: for copy, see microfilm M784
Extent
1 item
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Originals
Original withdrawn
Copies
Microfilm M784
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Type
Jamaica
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