| Description | Content Advice: This file includes items relating to enslavement, as well as offensive terms or terms that have changed meaning over time. In some cases these terms are included in our catalogue descriptions in order to provide information about the content and nature of the source.
1 Docket for the publishing of the last will and testament of William Boyle of the parish of Saint James, dated 16 November 1752. The will also mentions Boyles children; his son William is identified as being Black.
2 Account from Receiver General's office for quit rents of William Boyle's estate from 01 Mar 1744, dated 08 January 1780.
3 Letter from William Gale to Long and Drake, dated 18 July 18 1780, relating to an offer to buy land (300 acres) once belonging to William Boyle.
4 Letter from Charles Allen to James Lawrence, dated 08 July 1780, concerning the sale to William Gale of land once belonging to William Boyle.
5 Letter from Charles Allen [presumably to James Lawrence], dated 23 October 23 1780, concerning Mrs Allen's refusal of sale of William Boyles land.
6 Letter from William Gale to Charles Allen, dated 25 October 1780, concerning Mrs Allen's refusal of sale of William Boyles land. Gale comments on the impact of the American War of Independence on property value in the British West Indies.
7 Letter from Charles Allen to William Gale, dated 05 January 1781, concerning Mrs [Sarah]Allens acceptance of Gale's terms of sale on William Boyles land.
8 Letter from Sarah Allen to William Gale, dated 19 January 1781, and a letter from William Gale to Charles Allen on its reverse side, dated 02 February 1781. The letter from Sarah Allen requests Gale to postpone any dealings concerning the Boyles land until Mr Allen returns home. The letter from William Gale regards the terms of sale.
9 Letter from Charles Allen to William Gale, dated 31 January 1781, concerning doubts over the property deal and the issue of re-leasing the property.
10 Letter from Charles Allen to William Gale, dated 05 February 1781, concerning his dissatisfaction over his wife's withdrawal from the agreed to terms of sale of Boyles land.
11 Draft letter from William Gale to Charles Allen, dated 07 February 1781, regarding the terms of sale proposed by Gale for Boyle's land.
12 Letter from Charles Allen to William Gale, dated 11 February 1781, and a response from Gale, dated 14 and 17 February 1781. Allen's letter concerns his wifes refusal to consent to Gales proposed terms of purchase for the Boyles land. Gales response includes an offer to find a buyer for the enslaved people and cattle held on the farm, as he seeks to only purchase the land itself.
13 Draft letter from William Gale to W Atherton, dated 20 February 1781, concerning a potential breach of the agreement relating to the sale of Boyles land.
14 A list of names of enslaved people present on William Boyles land at the time Mr John Franklin entered upon the lease, with additional details added.
15 Draft of Conveyance (notes for): Rev Charles Allen and Mary his wife to William Gale of undivided moiety of 300 acres of land, purchased by William Boyle, now under lease to Franklin, whose lease expires in July 1783, undated.
16 Copy letter from William Gale to Charles and Sarah Allen, dated 22 April 1784, regarding Gales original proposed offer and his renewed claim to preference in the purchase of the Allens moiety on Boyles land.
17 Letter from Charles Allen to William Gale, dated 29 April 1784, concerning Sarah Allens refusal to part with her moiety on Boyles land |
| Admin History | Sarah Allen of Rochester was a legatee of William Boyle, by his will of 1752. |