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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
- E - Estate records
  - C - Jamaica and Barbados Plantations - 1683-1898
    - J - Jamaican Plantations - 1683-1878
      - 17 - Correspondence of plantation overseers - 1770-1819

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D239/M/E/17730-17746
Title	Letters from James Blaw to William Philp Perrin
Date	1775-1779
Description	Including: - Proposals for sale of Blaw's 'negroes' [Black peoples], 13 Jan. 1775 (D239/M/E/17731-2) - Mr. Hilson, overseer of Blue Mountain, has left and been replaced by Thomas White; Charles Foulis is the new overseer of Grange Hill - "it is rather difficult to manage those [Grange Hill] negroes, their situation being so nigh the wood where there are a number of runaways ..."; the mason Perrin sent out never arrived; the new millwright lacks experience, 8 February 1775 (D239/M/E/17733) - Have made 270 heavy hogsheads at Blue Mountain; emphasises the need for supplies from England to be sent out promptly; Perrin is correct in observing that it is difficult to maintain a ratio of one hogshead a 'negro' [Black peoples], May 1775 (D239/M/E/17734) - Disagrees with Perrin's proposals for purchasing Blaw's 'negroes' [Black peoples], 25 July 1775 (D239/M/E/17736) - Complains of the quality of supplies shipped from Ireland - "the herrings are a notorious imposition, one half the barrells being salt only"; will start to scrape out the sugars which accumulate at the bottom of the hogsheads; the buildings at Blue Mountain require urgent attention, 15 April 1776 (D239/M/E/17737) - Comments on the new boiling pans for Blue Mountain, 1776-78 (D239/M/E/17739-42)
Extent	17 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Originals	D239 M/E 17730-E1733, D239 M/E 17735, D239 M/E 17736, D239 M/E 17739, D239 M/E 17740, D239 M/E 17742, D239 M/E 17744 originals withdrawn
Copies	For copy see Microfilm M785
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

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