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D8317 - Gould family of Pilsbury (parish of Hartington) and Sheen, Staffordshire and Turney family of Lincolnshire and London - [1599]-early 19th cent
- 3 - Family Correspondence - 1784-1834

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8317/3/1
Title	Letters to John Turney (1751-1825) at Sedgbrook, Grantham, from his brother, Benjamin (1755-1837), at Golden Grove, Jamaica
Date	8 Aug 1784-4 Oct 1785
Description	Including accounts of hurricanes in 1784 and 1785
Extent	2 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gould family of Pilsbury (parish of Hartington) and Sheen, Staffordshire and Turney family of Lincolnshire and London
Administrative History	Golden Grove was established as a sugar plantation in 1734 by the then Attorney General of Jamaica, Andrew Arcedeckne (1780-1849)
Administrative History Sources	B. W. Higman 'Plantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy', p. 168. Published 2005, by University of the West Indies Press (as referenced on Wikipedia: "Golden Grove, Jamaica", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Grove,_Jamaica, accessed 25 Apr 2024).
Format	Document
Term	Weather
Term	Cyclones

Places

Place (click for further details)	Type
Jamaica	Country
Golden Grove Plantation	Settlement

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