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| CONTENT WARNING | OFFENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
This catalogue and the archives it describes contain highly offensive and oppressive language. Some of the language has been included in the catalogue description to publicly reflect the attitudes of the time the records were written. |
| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D239/M/E/16900-16901 |
| Title | Letter from John Jaques and Ralph Fisher to William Philp Perrin. |
| Date | 18 Mar 1782 |
| Description | The heavy rains and the requirements of martial law will retard the crops; Sutherland, the overseer of Blue Mountain wishes to discontinue digging out the molasses bottoms of the hogsheads; suggest advancing Sutherland's salary to £200 a year, and increasing those of the other overseers, propose moving Thomas Baker, a book-keeper at Blue Mountain, to Vere as overseer; 'negro' women [Black peoples] are badly wanted at Blue Mountain where the men go a-roving among the neighbouring estates at night. (with duplicate) |
| Extent | 2 items |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
| Originals | Original withdrawn |
| Copies | Microfilm M784 |
| Term | Slavery |
| Slaves |
| Ethnic groups |
| Black peoples |
| Forced labour |
| Oppression |
| Archivist Note | This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM |