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RepositorySpecial Collections Archives (GB 0029)
Ref NoEUL MS 44/add. 1/4/a
Date1808-1811
LevelSeries
Extent5 items
TitleLetters
Creator NameGale; family; plantation owners
Morant; family; Jamaican plantation owners
DescriptionContent 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 Copy letters, dated 24 August 1808 and 20 October 1808, relating to repairs to the Curing House on Mounthindmost Estate. The letters are signed by John Shand, Samuel Queneborough and Rowland Williams Fearon.

2 Two letters (one is a copy letter) from J. [John] Shand in Spanish Town, Jamaica, to Edward G Morant Gale Esquire, dated 12 February 1809 and 26 February 1809. The letters relate to a legal settlement concerning Mounthindmost Estate, including references to enslaved people and livestock. The copy letter includes the name 'Mary Hacket' in the title.

3 Copy letter from Samuel Queneborough to Edward Morant Gale Esquire, dated 06 January 1810, regarding crops and people on the Mounthindmost Estate.

4 Copy letter from Samuel Queneborough to Edward Morant Gale Esquire, dated 10 February 1810, regarding crops and people on the Mounthindmost Estate.

5 Copy letters from Samuel Queneborough to Edward Morant Gale Esquire, dated 27 December 1810 and 01 February 1811, regarding crops and people on the Mounthindmost Estate.
FormatManuscript
LanguageEnglish
AccessStatusOpen
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